About the Authors

Sarah Cunze

scunze@senckenberg.de

Affiliations Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt (BiK-F), Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Felix Heydel

Affiliation Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Oliver Tackenberg

Affiliation Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the study: SC OT. Performed the experiments and fitted the curves for seed retention: OT. Prepared and analysed the data (except anemochory simulation and the correlated random walks): SC. Anemochory simulation and the correlated random walks: FH. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: SC. Contributed to subsequent revisions: SC FH OT.