About the Authors

Marion Schrumpf

mschrumpf@bgc-jena.mpg.de

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knöll-Straße 10, 07745 Jena, Germany

Klaus Kaiser

Affiliation Soil Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany

Ernst-Detlef Schulze

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knöll-Straße 10, 07745 Jena, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS EDS MS. Performed the experiments: MS. Analyzed the data: MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS EDS. Wrote the paper: MS KK EDS.