1. Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education Institute of Ecology College of Urban and Environmental Sciences Peking University Beijing100871China
2. Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modelling, Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station CNRS and Paul Sabatier University Moulis09200France
3. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior University of Minnesota St. Paul Minnesota USA
4. Department of Biogeography BayCEER University of Bayreuth Bayreuth95440Germany
5. UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics University College Dublin Dublin 4 Ireland
6. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐Leipzig Leipzig04103Germany
7. Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden Martin Luther University Halle‐Wittenberg Am Kirchtor 1 Halle (Saale)06108Germany
8. Department of Biology Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo OntarioN2L 3C5Canada
9. Department of Botany Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia České Budějovice37005Czech Republic
10. Department of Functional Ecology Institute of Botany Czech Academy of Sciences Třeboň37901Czech Republic
11. Institute of Biology Leipzig University Leipzig04103Germany
12. Department of Plant Sciences University of Oxford OxfordOX1 3RBUK
13. Department of Disturbance Ecology BayCEER University of Bayreuth Bayreuth95440Germany
14. Experimental Plant Ecology Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology Greifswald University Greifswald17487Germany
15. Institute of Entomology Biology Centre CAS České Budějovice37005Czech Republic
16. Agricultural Research Service, Grassland, Soil & Water Research Laboratory U.S. Department of Agriculture Temple Texas76502USA
17. Department of Forest Resources University of Minnesota St. Paul Minnesota55108USA
18. Hawkesbury Institute for the EnvironmentWestern Sydney University Penrith New South Wales2751Australia
19. Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group Wageningen University Wageningen6700 AAThe Netherlands
20. Department of Geography Remote Sensing Laboratories University of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 Zurich8057Switzerland
21. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology Iowa State University Ames Iowa USA
22. Centro de Modelación y Monitoreo de Ecosistemas Facultad de Ciencias Universidad MayorJosé Toribio Molina 29 Santiago8340589Chile