About the Authors

Goddert von Oheimb

Goddert_v_Oheimb@tu-dresden.de

Affiliation Institute of General Ecology and Environmental Protection, Technische Universität Dresden, Pienner Str. 7, 01737, Tharandt, Germany

Werner Härdtle

Affiliation Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Scharnhorststr. 1, 21335, Lüneburg, Germany

Dieter Eckstein

Affiliation Centre of Wood Sciences, University of Hamburg, Leuschnerstr. 91, 21031, Hamburg, Germany

Hans-Hermann Engelke

Affiliation Forestry Department Sellhorn, Niedersachsen State Forestry Department, Sellhorn 1, 29646, Bispingen, Germany

Timo Hehnke

Affiliation Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Scharnhorststr. 1, 21335, Lüneburg, Germany

Bettina Wagner

Affiliation Albrecht-von-Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073, Göttingen, Germany

Andreas Fichtner

Affiliation Institute of Ecology, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Scharnhorststr. 1, 21335, Lüneburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GVO WH. Performed the experiments: GVO TH BW. Analyzed the data: GVO DE AF TH BW WH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DE AF. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: GVO DE HHE AF BW WH.