Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Alexandra Weigelt, Karl Andraczek & Fons van der Plas
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Alexandra Weigelt, Helge Bruelheide, Jens Kattge & Francesco Maria Sabatini
Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Liesje Mommer, Fons van der Plas & Jasper van Ruijven
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Colleen M. Iversen
Sustainable Grassland Systems, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Paulinenaue, Germany
Joana Bergmann
Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
Helge Bruelheide & Francesco Maria Sabatini
Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station (SETE), National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Moulis, France
Grégoire T. Freschet
Biodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
Nathaly R. Guerrero-Ramírez
Functional Biogeography, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Jens Kattge
Soil Biology Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Thom W. Kuyper
Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
Daniel C. Laughlin
Functional Forest Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Hamburg, Barsbüttel-Willinghusen, Germany
Ina C. Meier
Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Hendrik Poorter
Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Hendrik Poorter
CEFE, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
Catherine Roumet
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum–University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Francesco Maria Sabatini
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Marina Semchenko & Christopher J. Sweeney
Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Marina Semchenko
Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre, Syngenta, Bracknell, UK
Christopher J. Sweeney
Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Center for Bioenergy Innovation and Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Larry M. York
The Root Lab, Center for Tree Science, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, USA
M. Luke McCormack
A.W., L.M., K.A., C.M.I., J.B., H.B., G.T.F., N.R.G.-R., J.K., T.W.K., D.C.L., I.C.M., F.v.d.P., H.P., C.R., J.v.R., F.M.S., M.S., C.J.S., O.J.V.-B., L.M.Y. and M.L.M. discussed the results and contributed to the text. K.A. produced the figure.