TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

Jens Kattge; Gerhard Bonisch; Sandra Díaz; Sandra Lavorel; Iain Colin Prentice; Paul Leadley; Susanne Tautenhahn; Gijsbert Werner; Tuomas Aakala; Mehdi Abedi; Alicia Acosta; George Adamidis; Kairi Adamson; Masahiro Aiba; Cécile Albert; Julio Alcántara; Carolina Alcázar C; Izabela Aleixo; Hamada Ali; Bernard Amiaud; Christian Ammer; Mariano Amoroso; Madhur Anand; Carolyn Anderson; Niels Anten; Joseph Antos; Deborah Mattos Guimarães Apgaua; Tia‐Lynn Ashman; Degi Harja Asmara; Gregory Asner; Michael Aspinwall; Owen Atkin; Isabelle Aubin; Lars Baastrup-Spohr; Khadijeh Bahalkeh; Michael Bahn; Timothy Baker; William Baker; Jan Bakker; Dennis Baldocchi; Jennifer Baltzer; Arindam Banerjee; Anne Baranger; Jos Barlow; Diego Barneche; Zdravko Baruch; Denis Bastianelli; John Battles; William Bauerle; Marijn Bauters; Erika Bazzato; Michael Beckmann; Hans Beeckman; Carl Beierkuhnlein; Renee Bekker; Gavin Belfry; Michael Belluau; Mirela Beloiu; Raquel Benavides; Lahcen Benomar; Mary Lee Berdugo-Lattke; Erika Berenguer; Rodrigo Bergamin; Joana Bergmann; Marcos Bergmann Carlucci; Logan Berner; Markus Bernhardt-Römermann; Christof Bigler; Anne Bjorkman; Chris Blackman; Carolina Blanco; Benjamin Blonder; Dana Blumenthal; Kelly Bocanegra-González; Pascal Boeckx; Stephanie Bohlman; Katrin Böhning-Gaese; Laura Boisvert-Marsh; William Bond; Ben Bond-Lamberty; Arnoud Boom; Coline Boonman; Kauane Bordin; Elizabeth Boughton; Vanessa Boukili; David Bowman; Sandra Bravo; Marco Richard Brendel; Martin Broadley; Kerry Brown; Helge Bruelheide; Federico Brumnich; Hans Henrik Bruun; DAVID Bruy; Serra Buchanan; Solveig Franziska Bucher; Nina Buchmann; Robert Buitenwerf; Daniel Bunker; Jana Bürger; Philip John White

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TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

Jens Kattge, Gerhard Bonisch, Sandra Díaz, Sandra Lavorel, Iain Colin Prentice, Paul Leadley, Susanne Tautenhahn, Gijsbert Werner, Tuomas Aakala, Mehdi Abedi, …

Global change biology, Vol.26(1), pp.119-188

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904

PMID: 31891233

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Biodiversity

Biodiversity and Ecology

Botanics

Ecology

Ecology, environment

Ecosystem

Ecosystems

Environmental Sciences

Life Sciences

Plants

Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy

Vegetal Biology

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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Title: TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access
Creators - without role: Jens Kattge - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Gerhard Bonisch - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Sandra Díaz - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Sandra Lavorel - Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Iain Colin Prentice - Imperial College London
Paul Leadley - Écologie, Systématique et Évolution
Susanne Tautenhahn - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Gijsbert Werner
Tuomas Aakala - University of Helsinki
Mehdi Abedi - Tarbiat Modares University
Alicia Acosta
George Adamidis - University of the Aegean
Kairi Adamson - Tartu Observatory
Masahiro Aiba - Tohoku University
Cécile Albert - Aix-Marseille University
Julio Alcántara - Universidad de Jaén
Carolina Alcázar C
Izabela Aleixo - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Hamada Ali - Suez Canal University
Bernard Amiaud - Université de Lorraine
Christian Ammer - University of Göttingen
Mariano Amoroso - National University of Río Negro
Madhur Anand - University of Guelph
Carolyn Anderson - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Niels Anten - Centre for Crop Systems Analysis
Joseph Antos - University of Victoria
Deborah Mattos Guimarães Apgaua - James Cook University
Tia‐Lynn Ashman
Degi Harja Asmara - Université Laval
Gregory Asner - Arizona State University
Michael Aspinwall - University of North Florida
Owen Atkin - ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology
Isabelle Aubin - Natural Resources Canada
Lars Baastrup-Spohr - University of Copenhagen
Khadijeh Bahalkeh - Tarbiat Modares University
Michael Bahn - Universität Innsbruck
Timothy Baker - University of Leeds
William Baker - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Jan Bakker - University of Groningen
Dennis Baldocchi - University of California, Berkeley
Jennifer Baltzer - Wilfrid Laurier University
Arindam Banerjee - Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Anne Baranger - AgroParisTech
Jos Barlow - Lancaster University
Diego Barneche - University of Exeter
Zdravko Baruch - University of Adelaide
Denis Bastianelli - Tropical and Mediterranean Animal Production Systems
John Battles - University of California, Berkeley
William Bauerle - Colorado State University
Marijn Bauters - Ghent University
Erika Bazzato - University of Cagliari
Michael Beckmann - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Hans Beeckman - Royal Museum for Central Africa
Carl Beierkuhnlein - University of Bayreuth
Renee Bekker - University of Groningen
Gavin Belfry - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Michael Belluau - Université du Québec à Montréal
Mirela Beloiu - University of Bayreuth
Raquel Benavides - Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Lahcen Benomar - Université Laval
Mary Lee Berdugo-Lattke - Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Erika Berenguer - Lancaster Environment Centre
Rodrigo Bergamin - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Joana Bergmann - Freie Universität Berlin
Marcos Bergmann Carlucci
Logan Berner - Northern Arizona University
Markus Bernhardt-Römermann - Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Christof Bigler - ETH Zurich
Anne Bjorkman - University of Gothenburg
Chris Blackman - University of Clermont Auvergne
Carolina Blanco - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Benjamin Blonder - Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
Dana Blumenthal
Kelly Bocanegra-González - University of Tolima
Pascal Boeckx - Ghent University
Stephanie Bohlman - University of Florida
Katrin Böhning-Gaese - Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Laura Boisvert-Marsh
William Bond - University of Cape Town
Ben Bond-Lamberty - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Arnoud Boom - University of Leicester
Coline Boonman
Kauane Bordin - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Elizabeth Boughton - Archbold Biological Station
Vanessa Boukili - University of Connecticut
David Bowman
Sandra Bravo - National University of Santiago del Estero
Marco Richard Brendel - University of Hohenheim
Martin Broadley - University of Nottingham
Kerry Brown - Kingston University
Helge Bruelheide - Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Federico Brumnich - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Hans Henrik Bruun - University of Copenhagen
DAVID Bruy - Institut Agro Montpellier
Serra Buchanan - The Scarborough Hospital
Solveig Franziska Bucher - Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Nina Buchmann - ETH Zurich
Robert Buitenwerf - Aarhus University
Daniel Bunker - New Jersey Institute of Technology
Jana Bürger - University of Rostock
Philip John White - King Saud University
Publication Details: Global change biology, Vol.26(1), pp.119-188
Publisher: Wiley
Identifiers: 9950003408331
Academic Unit: King Saud University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article