About the Authors

Annelein Meisner

A.Meisner@nioo.knaw.nl; AnneleinMeisner@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands

Wietse de Boer

Affiliation Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands

Johannes H. C. Cornelissen

Affiliation Systems Ecology, Department of Ecological Science, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Wim H. van der Putten

Affiliations Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands, Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM WD WHV JHCC. Performed the experiments: AM. Analyzed the data: AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WHV JHCC. Wrote the paper: AM WD JHCC WHV.