The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset.
Sandra DiazJens KattgeJohannes H C CornelissenIan J WrightSandra LavorelStéphane DrayBjörn ReuMichael KleyerChristian WirthI Colin PrenticeEric GarnierGerhard BönischMark WestobyHendrik PoorterPeter B ReichAngela T MolesJohn DickieAmy E ZanneJerome ChaveS Joseph WrightSerge N SheremetevHervé JactelChristopher BaralotoBruno E L CeraboliniSimon PierceBill ShipleyFernando CasanovesJulia S JoswigAngela GüntherValeria FalczukNadja RügerMiguel D MahechaLucas D GornéBernard AmiaudOwen K AtkinMichael BahnDennis BaldocchiMichael BeckmannBenjamin BlonderWilliam J BondBenjamin Bond-LambertyKerry BrownSabina BurrascanoChaeho ByunGiandiego CampetellaJeannine Cavender-BaresF Stuart ChapinBrendan ChoatDavid Anthony CoomesWilliam K CornwellJoseph M CraineDylan CravenMatteo DaineseAlessandro Carioca de AraujoFranciska T de VriesTomas Ferreira DominguesBrian J EnquistJaime FagúndezJingyun FangFernando Fernández-MéndezMaria T Fernandez-PiedadeHenry FordEstelle ForeyGregoire T FreschetSophie GachetRachael V GallagherWalton GreenGreg R GuerinAlvaro G GutiérrezSandy P HarrisonWesley Neil HattinghTianhua HeThomas HicklerSteven I HigginsPedro HiguchiJugo IlicRobert B JacksonAdel JaliliSteven JansenFumito KoikeChristian KönigNathan KraftKoen KramerNathan KraftIngolf KühnHiroko KurokawaEric G LambDaniel C LaughlinMichelle LeishmanSimon LewisFrédérique LouaultAna C M MalhadoPeter ManningPatrick MeirMaurizio MencucciniJulie MessierRegis MillerVanessa MindenJane MolofskyRebecca MontgomeryGabriel Montserrat-MartíMarco MorettiSandra MüllerÜlo NiinemetsRomà OgayaKinga ÖllererVladimir OnipchenkoYusuke OnodaWim A OzingaJuli G PausasBegoña PecoJosep PenuelasValério D PillarClara PladevallChristine RömermannLawren SackNorma SalinasBrody SandelJordi SardansBrandon SchampMichael Scherer-LorenzenErnst-Detlef SchulzeFritz SchweingruberSatomi ShioderaÊnio Egon SosinskiNadejda SoudzilovskaiaMarko J SpasojevicEmily SwaineNathan SwensonSusanne TautenhahnKen ThompsonAlexia TotteRocío Urrutia-JalabertFernando ValladaresPeter van BodegomFrançois VasseurKris VerheyenDenis VileCyrille ViolleBetsy von HollePatrick WeigeltEvan WeiherMichael C WiemannMathew WilliamsJustin WrightGerhard ZotzPublished in: Scientific data (2022)
Here we provide the 'Global Spectrum of Plant Form and Function Dataset', containing species mean values for six vascular plant traits. Together, these traits -plant height, stem specific density, leaf area, leaf mass per area, leaf nitrogen content per dry mass, and diaspore (seed or spore) mass - define the primary axes of variation in plant form and function. The dataset is based on ca. 1 million trait records received via the TRY database (representing ca. 2,500 original publications) and additional unpublished data. It provides 92,159 species mean values for the six traits, covering 46,047 species. The data are complemented by higher-level taxonomic classification and six categorical traits (woodiness, growth form, succulence, adaptation to terrestrial or aquatic habitats, nutrition type and leaf type). Data quality management is based on a probabilistic approach combined with comprehensive validation against expert knowledge and external information. Intense data acquisition and thorough quality control produced the largest and, to our knowledge, most accurate compilation of empirically observed vascular plant species mean traits to date.