About the Authors

Uffe N. Nielsen

uffe@nrel.colostate.edu

Affiliations The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Graham H. R. Osler

Affiliation The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Colin D. Campbell

Affiliations The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Roy Neilson

Affiliation Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, United Kingdom

David F. R. P. Burslem

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

René van der Wal

Affiliation Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UNN GHRO CC DB RvdW. Performed the experiments: UNN GHRO CC RN DB RvdW. Analyzed the data: UNN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UNN GHRO CC RN DB RvdW. Wrote the paper: UNN. Performed the extractions and identification of soil mites and collembolans: UNN. Helped with field work: GHRO CC DB RvdW. Discussed the results and provided comments on the manuscript: GHRO CC RN DB RvdW.