About the Authors

Valentin H. Klaus

v.klaus@uni-muenster.de

Affiliation University of Münster, Institute of Landscape Ecology, Münster, Germany

Norbert Hölzel

Affiliation University of Münster, Institute of Landscape Ecology, Münster, Germany

Daniel Prati

Affiliation University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, Bern, Switzerland

Barbara Schmitt

Affiliation University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, Bern, Switzerland

Ingo Schöning

Affiliation Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany

Marion Schrumpf

Affiliation Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany

Markus Fischer

Affiliation University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, Bern, Switzerland

Till Kleinebecker

Affiliation University of Münster, Institute of Landscape Ecology, Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NH DP TK IS MS MF. Performed the experiments: VHK BS IS MS. Analyzed the data: VHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IS TK. Wrote the paper: VHK TK NH DP MF BS MS IS.