About the Authors

Joana Vieira

joana.vieira@uc.pt

Affiliation CFE – Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Filipe Campelo

Affiliation CFE – Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Sergio Rossi

Affiliations Département des Sciences Fondamentales, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Canada, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

Ana Carvalho

Affiliation CFE – Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Helena Freitas

Affiliation CFE – Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Cristina Nabais

Affiliation CFE – Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JV FC CN. Performed the experiments: JV FC AC. Analyzed the data: JV SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CN HF. Wrote the paper: JV SR FC.