About the Authors

Yue Lin

yue.lin.tud@gmail.com

Affiliations Institute of Forest Growth and Computer Science, Dresden University of Technology, Tharandt, Germany, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Ecological Modelling, Leipzig, Germany

Uta Berger

Affiliation Institute of Forest Growth and Computer Science, Dresden University of Technology, Tharandt, Germany

Volker Grimm

Affiliations Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Ecological Modelling, Leipzig, Germany, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Franka Huth

Affiliation Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection, Dresden University of Technology, Tharandt, Germany

Jacob Weiner

Affiliation Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Developed the model used in simulation: YL UB VG. Conceived and designed the experiments: YL UB VG. Performed the experiments: YL UB VG FH. Analyzed the data: YL. Wrote the paper: YL UB VG FH JW.