Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome
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In: Global Ecology and Biogeography, Vol. 27, No. 12, 22.10.2018, p. 1402-1411.
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T1 - Tundra Trait Team
T2 - A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome
AU - Bjorkman, Anne D.
AU - Myers-Smith, Isla H.
AU - Elmendorf, Sarah C.
AU - Normand, Signe
AU - Thomas, Haydn J.D.
AU - Alatalo, Juha M.
AU - Alexander, Heather
AU - Anadon-Rosell, Alba
AU - Angers-Blondin, Sandra
AU - Bai, Yang
AU - Baruah, Gaurav
AU - te Beest, Mariska
AU - Berner, Logan
AU - Björk, Robert G.
AU - Blok, Daan
AU - Bruelheide, Helge
AU - Buchwal, Agata
AU - Buras, Allan
AU - Carbognani, Michele
AU - Christie, Katherine
AU - Collier, Laura S.
AU - Cooper, Elisabeth J.
AU - Cornelissen, J. Hans C.
AU - Dickinson, Katharine J.M.
AU - Dullinger, Stefan
AU - Elberling, Bo
AU - Eskelinen, Anu
AU - Forbes, Bruce C.
AU - Frei, Esther R.
AU - Iturrate-Garcia, Maitane
AU - Good, Megan K.
AU - Grau, Oriol
AU - Green, Peter
AU - Greve, Michelle
AU - Grogan, Paul
AU - Haider, Sylvia
AU - Hájek, Tomáš
AU - Hallinger, Martin
AU - Happonen, Konsta
AU - Harper, Karen A.
AU - Heijmans, Monique M.P.D.
AU - Henry, Gregory H.R.
AU - Hermanutz, Luise
AU - Hewitt, Rebecca E.
AU - Hollister, Robert D.
AU - Hudson, James
AU - Hülber, Karl
AU - Iversen, Colleen M.
AU - Jaroszynska, Francesca
AU - Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja
AU - Johnstone, Jill
AU - Jorgensen, Rasmus Halfdan
AU - Kaarlejärvi, Elina
AU - Klady, Rebecca
AU - Klimešová, Jitka
AU - Korsten, Annika
AU - Kuleza, Sara
AU - Kulonen, Aino
AU - Lamarque, Laurent J.
AU - Lantz, Trevor
AU - Lavalle, Amanda
AU - Lembrechts, Jonas J.
AU - Lévesque, Esther
AU - Little, Chelsea J.
AU - Luoto, Miska
AU - Macek, Petr
AU - Mack, Michelle C.
AU - Mathakutha, Rabia
AU - Michelsen, Anders
AU - Milbau, Ann
AU - Molau, Ulf
AU - Morgan, John W.
AU - Mörsdorf, Martin Alfons
AU - Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob
AU - Nielsen, Sigrid Schøler
AU - Ninot, Josep M.
AU - Oberbauer, Steven F.
AU - Olofsson, Johan
AU - Onipchenko, Vladimir G.
AU - Petraglia, Alessandro
AU - Pickering, Catherine
AU - Prevéy, Janet S.
AU - Rixen, Christian
AU - Rumpf, Sabine B.
AU - Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela
AU - Semenchuk, Philipp
AU - Shetti, Rohan
AU - Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A.
AU - Spasojevic, Marko J.
AU - Speed, James David Mervyn
AU - Street, Lorna E.
AU - Suding, Katharine
AU - Tape, Ken D.
AU - Tomaselli, Marcello
AU - Trant, Andrew
AU - Treier, Urs A.
AU - Tremblay, Jean Pierre
AU - Tremblay, Maxime
AU - Venn, Susanna
AU - Virkkala, Anna Maria
AU - Vowles, Tage
AU - Weijers, Stef
AU - Wilmking, Martin
AU - Wipf, Sonja
AU - Zamin, Tara
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2018 The Authors Global Ecology and Biogeography Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2018/10/22
Y1 - 2018/10/22
N2 - Motivation: The Tundra Trait Team (TTT) database includes field-based measurements of key traits related to plant form and function at multiple sites across the tundra biome. This dataset can be used to address theoretical questions about plant strategy and trade-offs, trait–environment relationships and environmental filtering, and trait variation across spatial scales, to validate satellite data, and to inform Earth system model parameters. Main types of variable contained: The database contains 91,970 measurements of 18 plant traits. The most frequently measured traits (> 1,000 observations each) include plant height, leaf area, specific leaf area, leaf fresh and dry mass, leaf dry matter content, leaf nitrogen, carbon and phosphorus content, leaf C:N and N:P, seed mass, and stem specific density. Spatial location and grain: Measurements were collected in tundra habitats in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, including Arctic sites in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Fennoscandia and Siberia, alpine sites in the European Alps, Colorado Rockies, Caucasus, Ural Mountains, Pyrenees, Australian Alps, and Central Otago Mountains (New Zealand), and sub-Antarctic Marion Island. More than 99% of observations are georeferenced. Time period and grain: All data were collected between 1964 and 2018. A small number of sites have repeated trait measurements at two or more time periods. Major taxa and level of measurement: Trait measurements were made on 978 terrestrial vascular plant species growing in tundra habitats. Most observations are on individuals (86%), while the remainder represent plot or site means or maximums per species. Software format: csv file and GitHub repository with data cleaning scripts in R; contribution to TRY plant trait database (www.try-db.org) to be included in the next version release.
AB - Motivation: The Tundra Trait Team (TTT) database includes field-based measurements of key traits related to plant form and function at multiple sites across the tundra biome. This dataset can be used to address theoretical questions about plant strategy and trade-offs, trait–environment relationships and environmental filtering, and trait variation across spatial scales, to validate satellite data, and to inform Earth system model parameters. Main types of variable contained: The database contains 91,970 measurements of 18 plant traits. The most frequently measured traits (> 1,000 observations each) include plant height, leaf area, specific leaf area, leaf fresh and dry mass, leaf dry matter content, leaf nitrogen, carbon and phosphorus content, leaf C:N and N:P, seed mass, and stem specific density. Spatial location and grain: Measurements were collected in tundra habitats in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, including Arctic sites in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Fennoscandia and Siberia, alpine sites in the European Alps, Colorado Rockies, Caucasus, Ural Mountains, Pyrenees, Australian Alps, and Central Otago Mountains (New Zealand), and sub-Antarctic Marion Island. More than 99% of observations are georeferenced. Time period and grain: All data were collected between 1964 and 2018. A small number of sites have repeated trait measurements at two or more time periods. Major taxa and level of measurement: Trait measurements were made on 978 terrestrial vascular plant species growing in tundra habitats. Most observations are on individuals (86%), while the remainder represent plot or site means or maximums per species. Software format: csv file and GitHub repository with data cleaning scripts in R; contribution to TRY plant trait database (www.try-db.org) to be included in the next version release.
KW - Biology
KW - alpine
KW - Arctic
KW - plant functional traits
KW - tundra
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U2 - 10.1111/geb.12821
DO - 10.1111/geb.12821
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85054328144
VL - 27
SP - 1402
EP - 1411
JO - Global Ecology and Biogeography
JF - Global Ecology and Biogeography
SN - 1466-822X
IS - 12
ER -