About the Authors

Juul Limpens

Juul.Limpens@wur.nl

Affiliation Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Milena Holmgren

Affiliation Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Cor M. J. Jacobs

Affiliation Climate Change and Adaptive Land and Water Management, Alterra, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Sjoerd E. A. T. M. Van der Zee

Affiliation Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Edgar Karofeld

Affiliation Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Frank Berendse

Affiliation Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL FB. Performed the experiments: JL. Analyzed the data: JL MH CJ SVdZ EK FB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJ EK. Wrote the paper: JL MH CJ SVdZ EK FB.