About the Authors

Rico Fischer

rico.fischer@ufz.de

Affiliation Department of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany

Andreas Ensslin

Affiliation Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, CH-3013, Bern, Switzerland

Gemma Rutten

Affiliation Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, CH-3013, Bern, Switzerland

Markus Fischer

Affiliation Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, CH-3013, Bern, Switzerland

David Schellenberger Costa

Affiliation Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky–Strasse 9–11, 26111, Oldenburg, Germany

Michael Kleyer

Affiliation Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky–Strasse 9–11, 26111, Oldenburg, Germany

Andreas Hemp

Affiliation Dept. of Plant Systematics, University of Bayreuth, Universitaetsstr. 30-31, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany

Sebastian Paulick

Affiliation Department of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany

Andreas Huth

Affiliations Department of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany, Institute of Environmental Systems Research, University of Osnabrueck, Barbarastraße 12, 49076, Osnabrueck, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RF A. Huth. Performed the experiments: RF. Analyzed the data: RF SP A. Huth. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RF AE GR DSC A. Hemp. Wrote the paper: RF AE GR MF DSC MK A. Hemp SP A. Huth.