About the Authors

E. Kathryn Barto

barto@zedat.fu-berlin.de

Affiliation Institut für Biologie, Dahlem Center of Plant Sciences, Ökologie der Pflanzen, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Monika Hilker

Affiliation Institut für Biologie, Applied Zoology/Animal Ecology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Frank Müller

Affiliation Institut für Biologie, Applied Zoology/Animal Ecology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Brian K. Mohney

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Geology and Physics, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio, United States of America

Jeffrey D. Weidenhamer

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Geology and Physics, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio, United States of America

Matthias C. Rillig

Affiliation Institut für Biologie, Dahlem Center of Plant Sciences, Ökologie der Pflanzen, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EKB JDW MCR. Performed the experiments: EKB MH FM BKM JDW MCR. Analyzed the data: EKB FM BKM JDW MCR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EKB MH BKM JDW MCR. Wrote the paper: EKB MH FM BKM JDW MCR.