About the Authors

Filipe X. Catry

fcatry@isa.utl.pt

Affiliation School of Agriculture, Centre for Applied Ecology, Technical University of Lisbon (CEABN-ISA-UTL), Lisbon, Portugal

Francisco Moreira

Affiliation School of Agriculture, Centre for Applied Ecology, Technical University of Lisbon (CEABN-ISA-UTL), Lisbon, Portugal

Juli G. Pausas

Affiliation Desertification Research Centre, Spanish National Research Council (CIDE-CSIC), Montcada, Valencia, Spain

Paulo M. Fernandes

Affiliations School of Agriculture, Centre for Applied Ecology, Technical University of Lisbon (CEABN-ISA-UTL), Lisbon, Portugal, Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (CIFAP-UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal

Francisco Rego

Affiliation School of Agriculture, Centre for Applied Ecology, Technical University of Lisbon (CEABN-ISA-UTL), Lisbon, Portugal

Enrique Cardillo

Affiliation Institute for the Wood, Cork and Charcoal (IPROCOR), Badajoz, Spain

Thomas Curt

Affiliation Mediterranean Ecosystems and Risks Research Unit, National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture (EMAX-Irstea), Aix-en-Provence, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FXC FM JGP PMF FR EC TC. Performed the experiments: FXC FM JGP PMF FR EC TC. Analyzed the data: FXC FM JGP PMF FR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FXC FM JGP PMF FR EC TC. Wrote the paper: FXC FM JGP PMF.