About the Authors

Nico Eisenhauer

nico.eisenhauer@web.de

Affiliation Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Varvara D. Migunova

Affiliation K.I. Skryabin All–Russian Institute of Helminthology, Moscow, Russia

Michael Ackermann

Affiliation Humboldt University Berlin, Institute of Biology, Berlin, Germany

Liliane Ruess

Affiliation Humboldt University Berlin, Institute of Biology, Berlin, Germany

Stefan Scheu

Affiliation Georg August University Göttingen, J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NE SS. Performed the experiments: NE VDM MA LR. Analyzed the data: NE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LR SS. Wrote the paper: NE SS. Commented on previous versions of the manuscript: NE VDM MA LR SS.