Authors: Michael S. Crawford1,2,3,§,*, Kathryn E. Barry1,4,5§, Adam T. Clark1,6,7, Caroline E. Farrior8, Jes Hines1,9, Emma Ladouceur1,6,10, Jeremy W. Lichstein11, Isabelle Maréchaux12,13, Felix May14, Akira S. Mori15, Björn Reineking16, Lindsay A. Turnbull17, Christian Wirth1,4,16 & Nadja Rüger1,2,19 Affiliations:1 German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstr. 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany2 Institute of Empirical Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Leipzig, Grimmaische Straße 12, 04109 Leipzig, Germany3 Department of Land-Use Management, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany4 Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee 21-23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany 5 Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands6 Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany7 Institute of Biology, University of Graz, Holteigasse 6, 8010 Graz, Austria8 Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 2415 Speedway Austin, TX 78705, USA9 University of Leipzig, Puschstr. 4, 04107 Leipzig, Germany10 Biodiversity Synthesis, Institute of Computer Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany11 Department of Biology, University of Florida, P.O. Box 118525, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA12 AMAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, 34000 Montpellier, France13 Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174 (CNRS/IRD/UPS), 118 Route de Narbonne, Toulouse Cedex 9 31062, France14 Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Biology, Königin-Luise-Straße 2/4, Gartenhaus, 14195 Berlin, Germany15 Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, 240-8501, Japan16 Univ. Grenoble Alpes, INRAE, LESSEM, 38000 Grenoble, France17 Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, England OX1 3RB18 Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knöll-Str. 20, 07745 Jena, Germany19 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón, Panama § Joint first authors* Corresponding author: mscrawfor@gmail.com