1. Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (UMR 5175) CNRS – Université de Montpellier – Université Paul‐Valéry Montpellier – EPHE 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
2. CEntre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity (CESAB‐FRB) 13100 Aix‐en‐Provence France
3. Max‐Planck‐Institute for Biogeochemistry Hans‐Knöll‐Straße 10 07743 Jena Germany
4. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐Leipzig Deutscher Platz 5e 04103 Leipzig Germany
5. Department of Community Ecology Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ Theodor‐Lieser‐Str. 4 06120 Halle Germany
6. Bioversity International via dei Tre Denari, 174/a Maccarese Rome Italy
7. UMR 228 ESPACE‐DEV Maison de la Télédétection 34093 Montpellier France
8. Martin‐Luther‐University Halle‐Wittenberg (MLU) Geobotany and Botanical Garden Am Kirchtor 1 06108 Halle Germany
9. UMR 1137 Ecologie et Ecophysiologie Forestière Université de Lorraine 54506 Vandoeuvre‐les‐Nancy France
10. UMR 1137 Ecologie et Ecophysiologie Forestière, INRA 54280 Champenoux France
11. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology Columbia University New York NY 10027 USA
12. Frontier Wildlife Conservation Mumbai 400007 India
13. Department of Biological Sciences New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark NJ 07102‐1982 USA
14. Department of Ecological Science Vrije Universteit De Boelelaan 1085 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
15. IMBIV (CONICET‐UNC) & FCEFyN Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Av. Vélez Sarsfield 1611 X5016GCA Córdoba Argentina
16. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721 USA
17. Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE) Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Avignon Université Campus St‐Jérôme Case 421 13397 Marseille France
18. Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences University of Oldenburg 26111 Oldenburg Germany
19. Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (UMR 5553) CNRS – Université Joseph Fourier 38041 Grenoble France
20. Computer Science Department University of Jena 07743 Jena Germany
21. Competitive Intelligence Group Fraunhofer MOEZ Neumarkt 9‐19 04109 Leipzig Germany
22. Plant Sciences (IBG‐2) Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 52425 Jülich Germany
23. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara CA 93101‐5504 USA
24. Département de biologie Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke QC J1K 2R1 Canada
25. Department of Biology University of Wisconsin Eau Claire WI 54702‐4004 USA
26. Institute for Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity University of Leipzig Johannisallee 21 04103 Leipzig Germany
27. Department of Biological Sciences Macquarie University Sydney NSW 2109 Australia