About the Authors

Philipp Goebes

Contributed equally to this work with: Philipp Goebes, Peter Kühn, Steffen Seitz, Thomas Scholten

philipp.goebes@uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliation University of Tübingen, Department of Geosciences, Institute of Geography, Chair of Soil Science and Geomorphology, Rümelinstraße 19–23, 72070, Tübingen, Germany

Helge Bruelheide

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Martin-Luther-University Halle Wittenberg, Geobotany, am Kirchtor 1, 06108, Halle, Germany, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

Werner Härdtle

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Leuphana University Lüneburg, Faculty of Sustainability, Institute of Ecology, Scharnhorststraße 1, 21335, Lüneburg, Germany

Wenzel Kröber

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Martin-Luther-University Halle Wittenberg, Geobotany, am Kirchtor 1, 06108, Halle, Germany

Peter Kühn

Contributed equally to this work with: Philipp Goebes, Peter Kühn, Steffen Seitz, Thomas Scholten

Affiliation University of Tübingen, Department of Geosciences, Institute of Geography, Chair of Soil Science and Geomorphology, Rümelinstraße 19–23, 72070, Tübingen, Germany

Ying Li

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Leuphana University Lüneburg, Faculty of Sustainability, Institute of Ecology, Scharnhorststraße 1, 21335, Lüneburg, Germany

Steffen Seitz

Contributed equally to this work with: Philipp Goebes, Peter Kühn, Steffen Seitz, Thomas Scholten

Affiliation University of Tübingen, Department of Geosciences, Institute of Geography, Chair of Soil Science and Geomorphology, Rümelinstraße 19–23, 72070, Tübingen, Germany

Goddert von Oheimb

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

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

Thomas Scholten

Contributed equally to this work with: Philipp Goebes, Peter Kühn, Steffen Seitz, Thomas Scholten

Affiliation University of Tübingen, Department of Geosciences, Institute of Geography, Chair of Soil Science and Geomorphology, Rümelinstraße 19–23, 72070, Tübingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PG HB PK GVO TS. Performed the experiments: PG SS WK YL. Analyzed the data: PG HB. Wrote the paper: PG HB WH WK PK YL SS GVO TS.