About the Authors

Simon Thorn

simon@thornonline.de

Affiliation Sachgebiet Forschung und Dokumentation, Nationalparkverwaltung Bayerischer Wald, Grafenau, Germany

Claus Bässler

Affiliation Sachgebiet Forschung und Dokumentation, Nationalparkverwaltung Bayerischer Wald, Grafenau, Germany

Thomas Gottschalk

Affiliation Hochschule für Forstwirtschaft Rottenburg, Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany

Torsten Hothorn

Affiliation Abteilung Biostatistik, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Heinz Bussler

Affiliation Bavarian State Institute for Forestry, Freising, Germany

Kenneth Raffa

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States of America

Jörg Müller

Affiliations Sachgebiet Forschung und Dokumentation, Nationalparkverwaltung Bayerischer Wald, Grafenau, Germany, Chair for Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM CB. Performed the experiments: JM CB. Analyzed the data: ST TH JM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: ST TG HB CB JM TH KR.