About the Authors

Marco Carrer

marco.carrer@unipd.it

Affiliation Università degli Studi di Padova – Dip. TeSAF – Forest Ecology Research Unit – Agripolis, Legnaro, Italy

Renzo Motta

Affiliation Università degli Studi di Torino – Dip. Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Grugliasco, Italy

Paola Nola

Affiliation Università degli Studi di Pavia – Dip. Scienze della Terra e dell'Ambiente, Pavia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC RM PN. Performed the experiments: MC PN. Analyzed the data: MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC RM PN. Wrote the paper: MC.