About the Authors

Yohannes Ayanu

yohanneszer@yahoo.com

Affiliation University of Bayreuth, Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Professorship of Ecological Services, Universitätsstraße 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany

Christopher Conrad

Affiliation University of Wuerzburg, Department of Geography, Remote Sensing Unit, Am Hubland, 97074 Wuerzburg, Germany

Anke Jentsch

Affiliation University of Bayreuth, Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Professorship of Disturbance Ecology, Universitätsstraße 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany

Thomas Koellner

Affiliation University of Bayreuth, Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Professorship of Ecological Services, Universitätsstraße 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YA TK. Performed the experiments: YA. Analyzed the data: YA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK CC AJ. Wrote the paper: YA. Contributed to editing and revising of the manuscript: YA CC TK AJ. Contributed to methods for data analysis: YA CC TK. Supervised the data analysis and writing of the manuscript: TK.