About the Authors

Paul W. Hill

p.w.hill@bangor.ac.uk

Affiliation Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

Richard S. Quilliam

Affiliation Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

Thomas H. DeLuca

Affiliation Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

John Farrar

Affiliation Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

Mark Farrell

Affiliations Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom, Soil and Ecosystem Ecology Laboratory, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Land and Water, Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia

Paula Roberts

Affiliation Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

Kevin K. Newsham

Affiliation Ecosystems Programme, British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Cambridge, United Kingdom

David W. Hopkins

Affiliations Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom, School of Life Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Richard D. Bardgett

Affiliation Soil and Ecosystem Ecology Laboratory, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

David L. Jones

Affiliation Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PH RQ MF PR RB DJ. Performed the experiments: PH RQ MF PR. Analyzed the data: PH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PH MF DJ. Wrote the paper: PH TD JF KN DH RB DJ.