About the Authors

Corina Dörfer

corina.doerfer@uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliation Department of Geosciences, Physical Geography and Soil Science, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Peter Kühn

Affiliation Department of Geosciences, Physical Geography and Soil Science, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Frank Baumann

Affiliation Department of Geosciences, Physical Geography and Soil Science, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Jin-Sheng He

Affiliation Department of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Thomas Scholten

Affiliation Department of Geosciences, Physical Geography and Soil Science, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CD FB. Performed the experiments: CD FB. Analyzed the data: CD. Wrote the paper: CD PK FB JSH TS.