About the Authors
- Carlo Ricotta
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* E-mail: carlo.ricotta@uniroma1.it
Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy
- Laura Celesti-Grapow
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Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy
- Ingolf Kühn
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Affiliations UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Community Ecology, Halle, Germany, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Gillian Rapson
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Affiliation Ecology Group, Institute of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Petr Pyšek
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Affiliations Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, Czech Republic, Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Frank A. La Sorte
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Affiliation Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Ken Thompson
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Affiliation Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Co-author Carlo Ricotta is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board Member. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CR PP. Analyzed the data: CR. Wrote the paper: CR LC IK FL GR PP KT. Collected the data: LC IK FL GR PP KT.