About the Authors

José M. Rey Benayas

josem.rey@uah.es

Affiliations Life Sciences Department-Ecology Unit, Alcala University, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, International Foundation for Ecosystem Restoration, Madrid, Spain

Jorge Meltzer

Affiliation International Foundation for Ecosystem Restoration, Madrid, Spain

Daniel de las Heras-Bravo

Current address: Oliviculture Service, Madrid Institute for Research and Rural, Agrarian and Food Development, IMIDRA, Alcalá de Henares, Spain

Affiliation Life Sciences Department-Ecology Unit, Alcala University, Alcalá de Henares, Spain

Luis Cayuela

Affiliations International Foundation for Ecosystem Restoration, Madrid, Spain, Department of Biology, Geology, Physics and Inorganic Chemistry, Rey Juan Carlos University, Móstoles, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors declare the following interest: JMRB received a grant through the International Foundation for Ecosystem Restoration from the commercial company Abadía Retuerta. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JMRB. Data curation: LC. Formal analysis: LC DHB JMRB. Funding acquisition: JMRB. Investigation: JM DHB JMRB. Methodology: JMRB JM. Project administration: JMRB. Software: LC. Supervision: JMRB. Validation: JM JMRB. Visualization: JMRB LC JM DHB. Writing – original draft: JMRB LC. Writing – review & editing: JMRB LC JM DHB.