TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

Author
Kattge Jens
Bönisch Gerhard
Díaz Sandra
Lavorel Sandra
Prentice Iain Colin
Leadley Paul
Tautenhahn Susanne
Werner Gijsbert D. A.
Aakala Tuomas
Abedi Mehdi
Acosta Alicia T. R.
Adamidis George C.
Adamson Kairi
Aiba Masahiro
Albert Cécile H.
Alcántara Julio M.
C Carolina Alcázar
Aleixo Izabela
Ali Hamada
Amiaud Bernard
Ammer Christian
Amoroso Mariano M.
Anand Madhur
Anderson Carolyn
Anten Niels
Antos Joseph
Apgaua Deborah Mattos Guimarães
Ashman Tia-Lynn
Asmara Degi Harja
Asner Gregory P.
Aspinwall Michael
Atkin Owen
Aubin Isabelle
Baastrup-Spohr Lars
Bahalkeh Khadijeh
Bahn Michael
Baker Timothy
Baker William J.
Bakker Jan P.
Baldocchi Dennis
Baltzer Jennifer
Banerjee Arindam
Baranger Anne
Barlow Jos
Barneche Diego R.
Baruch Zdravko
Bastianelli Denis
Battles John
Bauerle William
Bauters Marijn
Bazzato Erika
Beckmann Michael
Beeckman Hans
Beierkuhnlein Carl
Bekker Renee
Belfry Gavin
Belluau Michael
Beloiu Mirela
Benavides Raquel
Benomar Lahcen
Berdugo-Lattke Mary Lee
Berenguer Erika
Bergamin Rodrigo
Bergmann Joana
Carlucci Marcos Bergmann
Berner Logan
Bernhardt-Römermann Markus
Bigler Christof
Bjorkman Anne D.
Blackman Chris
Blanco Carolina
Blonder Benjamin
Blumenthal Dana
Bocanegra-González Kelly T.
Boeckx Pascal
Bohlman Stephanie
Böhning-Gaese Katrin
Boisvert-Marsh Laura
Bond William
Bond-Lamberty Ben
Boom Arnoud
Boonman Coline C. F.
Bordin Kauane
Boughton Elizabeth H.
Boukili Vanessa
Bowman David M. J. S.
Bravo Sandra
Brendel Marco Richard
Broadley Martin R.
Brown Kerry A.
Bruelheide Helge
Brumnich Federico
Bruun Hans Henrik
Bruy David
Buchanan Serra W.
Bucher Solveig Franziska
Buchmann Nina
Buitenwerf Robert
Bunker Daniel E.
Bürger Jana
Burrascano Sabina
Burslem David F. R. P.
Butterfield Bradley J.
Byun Chaeho
Marques Marcia
Scalon Marina C.
Caccianiga Marco
Cadotte Marc
Cailleret Maxime
Camac James
Camarero Jesús Julio
Campany Courtney
Campetella Giandiego
Campos Juan Antonio
Cano-Arboleda Laura
Canullo Roberto
Carbognani Michele
Carvalho Fabio
Casanoves Fernando
Castagneyrol Bastien
Catford Jane A.
Cavender-Bares Jeannine
Cerabolini Bruno E. L.
Cervellini Marco
Chacón-Madrigal Eduardo
Chapin Kenneth
Chapin Stuart
Chelli Stefano
Chen Si-Chong
Chen Anping
Cherubini Paolo
Chianucci Francesco
Choat Brendan
Chung Kyong-Sook
Chytrý Milan
Ciccarelli Daniela
Coll Lluís
Collins Courtney G.
Conti Luisa
Coomes David
Cornelissen Johannes H. C.
Cornwell William K.
Corona Piermaria
Coyea Marie
Craine Joseph
Craven Dylan
Cromsigt Joris P. G. M.
Csecserits Anikó
Cufar Katarina
Cuntz Matthias
da Silva Ana Carolina
Dahlin Kyla M.
Dainese Matteo
Dalke Igor
Fratte Michele Dalle
Dang-Le Anh Tuan
Danihelka Jirí
Dannoura Masako
Dawson Samantha
de Beer Arend Jacobus
De Frutos Angel
De Long Jonathan R.
Dechant Benjamin
Delagrange Sylvain
Delpierre Nicolas
Derroire Géraldine
Dias Arildo S.
Diaz-Toribio Milton Hugo
Dimitrakopoulos Panayiotis G.
Dobrowolski Mark
Doktor Daniel
Dřevojan Pavel
Dong Ning
Dransfield John
Dressler Stefan
Duarte Leandro
Ducouret Emilie
Dullinger Stefan
Durka Walter
Duursma Remko
Dymova Olga
E-Vojtkó Anna
Eckstein Rolf Lutz
Ejtehadi Hamid
Elser James
Emilio Thaise
Engemann Kristine
Erfanian Mohammad Bagher
Erfmeier Alexandra
Esquivel-Muelbert Adriane
Esser Gerd
Estiarte Marc
Domingues Tomas F.
Fagan William F.
Fagúndez Jaime
Falster Daniel S.
Fan Ying
Fang Jingyun
Farris Emmanuele
Fazlioglu Fatih
Feng Yanhao
Fernandez-Mendez Fernando
Ferrara Carlotta
Ferreira Joice
Fidelis Alessandra
Finegan Bryan
Firn Jennifer
Flowers Timothy J.
Flynn Dan F. B.
Fontana Veronika
Forey Estelle
Forgiarini Cristiane
François Louis
Frangipani Marcelo
Frank Dorothea
Frenette-Dussault Cedric
Freschet Grégoire T.
Fry Ellen L.
Fyllas Nikolaos M.
Mazzochini Guilherme G.
Gachet Sophie
Gallagher Rachael
Ganade Gislene
Ganga Francesca
García-Palacios Pablo
Gargaglione Verónica
Garnier Eric
Garrido Jose Luis
de Gasper André Luís
Gea-Izquierdo Guillermo
Gibson David
Gillison Andrew N.
Giroldo Aelton
Glasenhardt Mary-Claire
Gleason Sean
Gliesch Mariana
Goldberg Emma
Göldel Bastian
Gonzalez-Akre Erika
Gonzalez-Andujar Jose L.
González-Melo Andrés
González-Robles Ana
Graae Bente Jessen
Granda Elena
Graves Sarah
Green Walton A.
Gregor Thomas
Gross Nicolas
Guerin Greg R.
Günther Angela
Gutiérrez Alvaro G.
Haddock Lillie
Haines Anna
Hall Jefferson
Hambuckers Alain
Han Wenxuan
Harrison Sandy P.
Hattingh Wesley
Hawes Joseph E.
He Tianhua
He Pengcheng
Heberling Jacob Mason
Helm Aveliina
Hempel Stefan
Hentschel Jörn
Hérault Bruno
Hereş Ana-Maria
Herz Katharina
Heuertz Myriam
Hickler Thomas
Hietz Peter
Higuchi Pedro
Hipp Andrew L.
Hirons Andrew
Hock Maria
Hogan James Aaron
Holl Karen
Honnay Olivier
Hornstein Daniel
Hou Enqing
Hough-Snee Nate
Hovstad Knut Anders
Ichie Tomoaki
Igić Boris
Illa Estela
Isaac Marney
Ishihara Masae
Ivanov Leonid
Ivanova Larissa
Iversen Colleen M.
Izquierdo Jordi
Jackson Robert B.
Jackson Benjamin
Jactel Hervé
Jagodzinski Andrzej M.
Jandt Ute
Jansen Steven
Jenkins Thomas
Jentsch Anke
Jespersen Jens Rasmus Plantener
Jiang Guo-Feng
Johansen Jesper Liengaard
Johnson David
Jokela Eric J.
Joly Carlos Alfredo
Jordan Gregory J.
Joseph Grant Stuart
Junaedi Decky
Junker Robert R.
Justes Eric
Kabzems Richard
Kane Jeffrey
Kaplan Zdenek
Kattenborn Teja
Kavelenova Lyudmila
Kearsley Elizabeth
Kempel Anne
Kenzo Tanaka
Kerkhoff Andrew
Khalil Mohammed I.
Kinlock Nicole L.
Kissling Wilm Daniel
Kitajima Kaoru
Kitzberger Thomas
Kjøller Rasmus
Klein Tamir
Kleyer Michael
Klimešová Jitka
Klipel Joice
Kloeppel Brian
Klotz Stefan
Knops Johannes M. H.
Kohyama Takashi
Koike Fumito
Kollmann Johannes
Komac Benjamin
Komatsu Kimberly
König Christian
Kraft Nathan J. B.
Kramer Koen
Kreft Holger
Kühn Ingolf
Kumarathunge Dushan
Kuppler Jonas
Kurokawa Hiroko
Kurosawa Yoko
Kuyah Shem
Laclau Jean-Paul
Lafleur Benoit
Lallai Erik
Lamb Eric
Lamprecht Andrea
Larkin Daniel J.
Laughlin Daniel
Le Bagousse-Pinguet Yoann
le Maire Guerric
le Roux Peter C.
le Roux Elizabeth
Lee Tali
Lens Frederic
Lewis Simon L.
Lhotsky Barbara
Li Yuanzhi
Li Xine
Lichstein Jeremy W.
Liebergesell Mario
Lim Jun Ying
Lin Yan-Shih
Linares Juan Carlos
Liu Chunjiang
Liu Daijun
Liu Udayangani
Livingstone Stuart
Llusià Joan
Lohbeck Madelon
López-García Álvaro
Lopez-Gonzalez Gabriela
Lososová Zdeňka
Louault Frédérique
Lukács Balázs A.
Lukeš Petr
Luo Yunjian
Lussu Michele
Ma Siyan
Pereira Camilla Maciel Rabelo
Mack Michelle
Maire Vincent
Mäkelä Annikki
Mäkinen Harri
Malhado Ana Claudia Mendes
Mallik Azim
Manning Peter
Manzoni Stefano
Marchetti Zuleica
Marchino Luca
Marcilio-Silva Vinicius
Marcon Eric
Marignani Michela
Markesteijn Lars
Martin Adam
Martínez-Garza Cristina
Martínez-Vilalta Jordi
Mašková Tereza
Mason Kelly
Mason Norman
Massad Tara Joy
Masse Jacynthe
Mayrose Itay
McCarthy James
McCormack Luke
McCulloh Katherine
McFadden Ian R.
McGill Brian J.
McPartland Mara Y.
Medeiros Juliana S.
Medlyn Belinda
Meerts Pierre
Mehrabi Zia
Meir Patrick
Melo Felipe P. L.
Mencuccini Maurizio
Meredieu Céline
Messier Julie
Mészáros Ilona
Metsaranta Juha
Michaletz Sean T.
Michelaki Chrysanthi
Migalina Svetlana
Milla Ruben
Miller Jesse E. D.
Minden Vanessa
Ming Ray
Mokany Karel
Moles Angela T.
Molnár
Molofsky Jane
Molz Martin
Montgomery Rebecca A.
Monty Arnaud
Moravcová Lenka
Moreno-Martínez Alvaro
Moretti Marco
Mori Akira S.
Mori Shigeta
Morris Dave
Morrison Jane
Mucina Ladislav
Mueller Sandra
Muir Christopher D.
Müller Sandra Cristina
Munoz François
Myers-Smith Isla H.
Myster Randall W.
Nagano Masahiro
Naidu Shawna
Narayanan Ayyappan
Natesan Balachandran
Negoita Luka
Nelson Andrew S.
Neuschulz Eike Lena
Ni Jian
Niedrist Georg
Nieto Jhon
Niinemets Ülo
Nolan Rachael
Nottebrock Henning
Nouvellon Yann
Novakovskiy Alexander
Network The Nutrient
Nystuen Kristin Odden
Grady Anthony O
Hara Kevin O
Reilly-Nugent Andrew O
Oakley Simon
Oberhuber Walter
Ohtsuka Toshiyuki
Oliveira Ricardo
Öllerer Kinga
Olson Mark E.
Onipchenko Vladimir
Onoda Yusuke
Onstein Renske E.
Ordonez Jenny C.
Osada Noriyuki
Ostonen Ivika
Ottaviani Gianluigi
Otto Sarah
Overbeck Gerhard E.
Ozinga Wim A.
Pahl Anna T.
Paine C. E. Timothy
Pakeman Robin J.
Papageorgiou Aristotelis C.
Parfionova Evgeniya
Pärtel Meelis
Patacca Marco
Paula Susana
Paule Juraj
Pauli Harald
Pausas Juli G.
Peco Begoña
Penuelas Josep
Perea Antonio
Peri Pablo Luis
Petisco-Souza Ana Carolina
Petraglia Alessandro
Petritan Any Mary
Phillips Oliver L.
Pierce Simon
Pillar Valério D.
Pisek Jan
Pomogaybin Alexandr
Poorter Hendrik
Portsmuth Angelika
Poschlod Peter
Potvin Catherine
Pounds Devon
Powell Shafer
Power Sally A.
Prinzing Andreas
Puglielli Giacomo
Pyšek Petr
Raevel Valerie
Rammig Anja
Ransijn Johannes
Ray Courtenay A.
Reich Peter B.
Reichstein Markus
Reid Douglas E. B.
Réjou-Méchain Maxime
de Dios Victor Resco
Ribeiro Sabina
Richardson Sarah
Riibak Kersti
Rillig Matthias C.
Riviera Fiamma
Robert Elisabeth M. R.
Roberts Scott
Robroek Bjorn
Roddy Adam
Rodrigues Arthur Vinicius
Rogers Alistair
Rollinson Emily
Rolo Victor
Römermann Christine
Ronzhina Dina
Roscher Christiane
Rosell Julieta A.
Rosenfield Milena Fermina
Rossi Christian
Roy David B.
Royer-Tardif Samuel
Rüger Nadja
Ruiz-Peinado Ricardo
Rumpf Sabine B.
Rusch Graciela M.
Ryo Masahiro
Sack Lawren
Saldaña Angela
Salgado-Negret Beatriz
Salguero-Gomez Roberto
Santa-Regina Ignacio
Santacruz-García Ana Carolina
Santos Joaquim
Sardans Jordi
Schamp Brandon
Scherer-Lorenzen Michael
Schleuning Matthias
Schmid Bernhard
Schmidt Marco
Schmitt Sylvain
Schneider Julio V.
Schowanek Simon D.
Schrader Julian
Schrodt Franziska
Schuldt Bernhard
Schurr Frank
Garvizu Galia Selaya
Semchenko Marina
Seymour Colleen
Sfair Julia C.
Sharpe Joanne M.
Sheppard Christine S.
Sheremetiev Serge
Shiodera Satomi
Shipley Bill
Shovon Tanvir Ahmed
Siebenkäs Alrun
Sierra Carlos
Silva Vasco
Silva Mateus
Sitzia Tommaso
Sjöman Henrik
Slot Martijn
Smith Nicholas G.
Sodhi Darwin
Soltis Pamela
Soltis Douglas
Somers Ben
Sonnier Grégory
Sørensen Mia Vedel
Sosinski Enio Egon
Soudzilovskaia Nadejda A.
Souza Alexandre F.
Spasojevic Marko
Sperandii Marta Gaia
Stan Amanda B.
Stegen James
Steinbauer Klaus
Stephan Jörg G.
Sterck Frank
Stojanovic Dejan B.
Strydom Tanya
Suarez Maria Laura
Svenning Jens-Christian
Svitková Ivana
Svitok Marek
Svoboda Miroslav
Swaine Emily
Swenson Nathan
Tabarelli Marcelo
Takagi Kentaro
Tappeiner Ulrike
Tarifa Rubén
Tauugourdeau Simon
Tavsanoglu Cagatay
Beest Mariska te
Tedersoo Leho
Thiffault Nelson
Thom Dominik
Thomas Evert
Thompson Ken
Thornton Peter E.
Thuiller Wilfried
Tichý Lubomír
Tissue David
Tjoelker Mark G.
Tng David Yue Phin
Tobias Joseph
Török Péter
Tarin Tonantzin
Torres-Ruiz José M.
Tóthmérész Béla
Treurnicht Martina
Trivellone Valeria
Trolliet Franck
Trotsiuk Volodymyr
Tsakalos James L.
Tsiripidis Ioannis
Tysklind Niklas
Umehara Toru
Usoltsev Vladimir
Vadeboncoeur Matthew
Vaezi Jamil
Valladares Fernando
Vamosi Jana
van Bodegom Peter M.
van Breugel Michiel
Van Cleemput Elisa
van de Weg Martine
van der Merwe Stephni
van der Plas Fons
van der Sande Masha T.
van Kleunen Mark
Van Meerbeek Koenraad
Vanderwel Mark
Vanselow Kim André
Vårhammar Angelica
Varone Laura
Valderrama Maribel Yesenia Vasquez
Vassilev Kiril
Vellend Mark
Veneklaas Erik J.
Verbeeck Hans
Verheyen Kris
Vibrans Alexander
Vieira Ima
Villacís Jaime
Violle Cyrille
Vivek Pandi
Wagner Katrin
Waldram Matthew
Waldron Anthony
Walker Anthony P.
Waller Martyn
Walther Gabriel
Wang Han
Wang Feng
Wang Weiqi
Watkins Harry
Watkins James
Weber Ulrich
Weedon James T.
Wei Liping
Weigelt Patrick
Weiher Evan
Wells Aidan W.
Wellstein Camilla
Wenk Elizabeth
Westoby Mark
Westwood Alana
White Philip John
Whitten Mark
Williams Mathew
Winkler Daniel E.
Winter Klaus
Womack Chevonne
Wright Ian J.
Wright Joseph
Wright Justin
Pinho Bruno X.
Ximenes Fabiano
Yamada Toshihiro
Yamaji Keiko
Yanai Ruth
Yankov Nikolay
Yguel Benjamin
Zanini Kátia Janaina
Zanne Amy E.
Zelený David
Zhao Yun-Peng
Zheng Jingming
Zheng Ji
Ziemińska Kasia
Zirbel Chad R.
Zizka Georg
Zo-Bi Irié Casimir
Zotz Gerhard
Wirth Christian
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Abstract
Abstract 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.
Year of Publication
2020
Journal
Global Change Biology
Volume
26
Number of Pages
119-188
URL
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904
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