About the Authors

Catharina J. E. Schulp

nynke.schulp@vu.nl

Affiliation Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Benjamin Burkhard

Affiliations Institute for Natural Resource Conservation, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research ZALF, Müncheberg, Germany

Joachim Maes

Affiliation European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Ispra, Varese, Italy

Jasper Van Vliet

Affiliation Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Peter H. Verburg

Affiliation Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJES PV JV. Performed the experiments: CJES. Analyzed the data: CJES PV JV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJES BB JM. Wrote the paper: CJES PV JV BB JM.