TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus...
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| author | Kattge, J. Bönisch, G. Díaz, S. Lavorel, S. Prentice, I.C. Leadley, P. Tautenhahn, S. Werner, G.D.A. Aakala, Tuomas Abedi, M. Thomas, Evert |
| author_browse | Aakala, Tuomas Abedi, M. Bönisch, G. Díaz, S. Kattge, J. Lavorel, S. Leadley, P. Prentice, I.C. Tautenhahn, S. Thomas, Evert Werner, G.D.A. |
| author_facet | Kattge, J. Bönisch, G. Díaz, S. Lavorel, S. Prentice, I.C. Leadley, P. Tautenhahn, S. Werner, G.D.A. Aakala, Tuomas Abedi, M. Thomas, Evert |
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| description | Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus represent the basis for a vast area of research spanning from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology, to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem and landscape management, restoration, biogeography and earth system modelling. Since its foundation in 2007, the TRY database of plant traits has grown continuously. It now provides unprecedented data coverage under an open access data policy and is the main plant trait database used by the research community worldwide. Increasingly, the TRY database also supports new frontiers of trait-based plant research, including the identification of data gaps and the subsequent mobilization or measurement of new data. To support this development, in this article we evaluate the extent of the trait data compiled in TRY and analyse emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness. Best species coverage is achieved for categorical traits—almost complete coverage for ‘plant growth form’. However, most traits relevant for ecology and vegetation modelling are characterized by continuous intraspecific variation and trait–environmental relationships. These traits have to be measured on individual plants in their respective environment. Despite unprecedented data coverage, we observe a humbling lack of completeness and representativeness of these continuous traits in many aspects. We, therefore, conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database
remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements. This can only be achieved in collaboration with other initiatives. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1065262025-11-12T05:39:55Z TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access Kattge, J. Bönisch, G. Díaz, S. Lavorel, S. Prentice, I.C. Leadley, P. Tautenhahn, S. Werner, G.D.A. Aakala, Tuomas Abedi, M. Thomas, Evert open access databases data collection data analysis plants ecology Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus represent the basis for a vast area of research spanning from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology, to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem and landscape management, restoration, biogeography and earth system modelling. Since its foundation in 2007, the TRY database of plant traits has grown continuously. It now provides unprecedented data coverage under an open access data policy and is the main plant trait database used by the research community worldwide. Increasingly, the TRY database also supports new frontiers of trait-based plant research, including the identification of data gaps and the subsequent mobilization or measurement of new data. To support this development, in this article we evaluate the extent of the trait data compiled in TRY and analyse emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness. Best species coverage is achieved for categorical traits—almost complete coverage for ‘plant growth form’. However, most traits relevant for ecology and vegetation modelling are characterized by continuous intraspecific variation and trait–environmental relationships. These traits have to be measured on individual plants in their respective environment. Despite unprecedented data coverage, we observe a humbling lack of completeness and representativeness of these continuous traits in many aspects. We, therefore, conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements. This can only be achieved in collaboration with other initiatives. 2020-01 2020-01-14T09:47:31Z 2020-01-14T09:47:31Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106526 en Open Access application/pdf Wiley Kattge, J.; Bönisch, G.; Díaz, S.; Lavorel, S.; Prentice, I.C.; Leadley, P.; Tautenhahn, S.; Werner, G.D.A.; Aakala, T.; Abedi, M. ...Thomas, E. [et al.] (2020) TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26 p.119-188 ISSN: 1354-1013 |
| spellingShingle | open access databases data collection data analysis plants ecology Kattge, J. Bönisch, G. Díaz, S. Lavorel, S. Prentice, I.C. Leadley, P. Tautenhahn, S. Werner, G.D.A. Aakala, Tuomas Abedi, M. Thomas, Evert TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access |
| title | TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access |
| title_full | TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access |
| title_fullStr | TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access |
| title_full_unstemmed | TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access |
| title_short | TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access |
| title_sort | try plant trait database enhanced coverage and open access |
| topic | open access databases data collection data analysis plants ecology |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106526 |
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