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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Main Authors: Kattge, Jens, Bönisch, Gerhard, Díaz, Sandra, Lavorel, Sandra, Colin Prentice, Iain, Leadley, Paul, Wirth, Christian, Tautenhahn, Susanne, Werner, Gijsbert D.A., Gargaglione, Veronica Beatriz, Peri, Pablo Luis
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8951
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.14904
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904
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author Kattge, Jens
Bönisch, Gerhard
Díaz, Sandra
Lavorel, Sandra
Colin Prentice, Iain
Leadley, Paul
Wirth, Christian
Tautenhahn, Susanne
Werner, Gijsbert D.A.
Gargaglione, Veronica Beatriz
Peri, Pablo Luis
author_browse Bönisch, Gerhard
Colin Prentice, Iain
Díaz, Sandra
Gargaglione, Veronica Beatriz
Kattge, Jens
Lavorel, Sandra
Leadley, Paul
Peri, Pablo Luis
Tautenhahn, Susanne
Werner, Gijsbert D.A.
Wirth, Christian
author_facet Kattge, Jens
Bönisch, Gerhard
Díaz, Sandra
Lavorel, Sandra
Colin Prentice, Iain
Leadley, Paul
Wirth, Christian
Tautenhahn, Susanne
Werner, Gijsbert D.A.
Gargaglione, Veronica Beatriz
Peri, Pablo Luis
author_sort Kattge, Jens
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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 INTA89512021-03-22T17:17:15Z TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access Kattge, Jens Bönisch, Gerhard Díaz, Sandra Lavorel, Sandra Colin Prentice, Iain Leadley, Paul Wirth, Christian Tautenhahn, Susanne Werner, Gijsbert D.A. Gargaglione, Veronica Beatriz Peri, Pablo Luis Vegetation Plant Cover Morphology Physiological Functions Biochemical Compounds Phenology Environmental Factors Ecosystems Biodiversity Conservation Landscape Conservation Databases Vegetación Cubierta Vegetal Morfología Funciones Fisiológicas Compuestos Bioquímicos Fenología Factores Ambientales Ecosistemas Conservación de la Diversidad Biológica Conservación de Paisaje Base de Datos Data Coverage Data Integration Data Representativeness Functional Diversity Plant Traits TRY Plant Trait Database Cobertura de Datos Integración de Datos Representatividad de los Datos Diversidad Funcional Características de las Plantas TRY Base de Datos de Características de las Plantas 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. EEA Santa Cruz Fil: Kattge, Jens. Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry; Alemania Fil: Kattge, Jens. German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv). Halle-Jena Leipzig; Alemania Fil: Bönisch, Gerhard. Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry; Alemania Fil: Díaz, Sandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV); Argentina. Fil: Díaz, Sandra. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil: Lavorel, Sandra. Université Grenoble Alpes. CNRS; Francia. Fil: Lavorel, Sandra. Université Savoie Mont Blanc. LECA; Francia. Fil: Colin Prentice, Iain. Imperial College; Reino Unido Fil: Leadley, Paul. University of Paris-Sud. Ecologie Systématique Evolution. CNRS; Francia Fil: Leadley, Paul. Université Paris-Saclay. AgroParisTech; Francia. Fil: Wirth, Christian. Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry; Alemania Fil: Wirth, Christian. German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv). Halle-Jena Leipzig; Alemania Fil: Wirth, Christian. University of Leipzig; Alemania Fil: Tautenhahn, Susanne. Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry; Alemania Fil: Tautenhahn, Susanne. German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv). Halle-Jena Leipzig; Alemania Fil: Werner, Gijsbert D.A. University of Oxford. Department of Zoology; Reino Unido Fil: Werner, Gijsbert D.A. University of Oxford. Balliol College; Reino Unido Fil: Gargaglione Verónica Beatriz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Gargaglione Verónica Beatriz. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina. Fil: Gargaglione Verónica Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. 2021-03-22T16:56:47Z 2021-03-22T16:56:47Z 2019-12-31 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8951 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.14904 Kattge J, Bönisch G, Díaz S, et al. TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Glob Change Biol. 2020;26:119–188. https://doi.org/10.1111/ gcb.14904 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Global Change Biology 26 (1) : 119-188. (January 2020)
spellingShingle Vegetation
Plant Cover
Morphology
Physiological Functions
Biochemical Compounds
Phenology
Environmental Factors
Ecosystems
Biodiversity Conservation
Landscape Conservation
Databases
Vegetación
Cubierta Vegetal
Morfología
Funciones Fisiológicas
Compuestos Bioquímicos
Fenología
Factores Ambientales
Ecosistemas
Conservación de la Diversidad Biológica
Conservación de Paisaje
Base de Datos
Data Coverage
Data Integration
Data Representativeness
Functional Diversity
Plant Traits
TRY Plant Trait Database
Cobertura de Datos
Integración de Datos
Representatividad de los Datos
Diversidad Funcional
Características de las Plantas
TRY Base de Datos de Características de las Plantas
Kattge, Jens
Bönisch, Gerhard
Díaz, Sandra
Lavorel, Sandra
Colin Prentice, Iain
Leadley, Paul
Wirth, Christian
Tautenhahn, Susanne
Werner, Gijsbert D.A.
Gargaglione, Veronica Beatriz
Peri, Pablo Luis
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 Vegetation
Plant Cover
Morphology
Physiological Functions
Biochemical Compounds
Phenology
Environmental Factors
Ecosystems
Biodiversity Conservation
Landscape Conservation
Databases
Vegetación
Cubierta Vegetal
Morfología
Funciones Fisiológicas
Compuestos Bioquímicos
Fenología
Factores Ambientales
Ecosistemas
Conservación de la Diversidad Biológica
Conservación de Paisaje
Base de Datos
Data Coverage
Data Integration
Data Representativeness
Functional Diversity
Plant Traits
TRY Plant Trait Database
Cobertura de Datos
Integración de Datos
Representatividad de los Datos
Diversidad Funcional
Características de las Plantas
TRY Base de Datos de Características de las Plantas
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