Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome
- School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh UK, Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus Denmark, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Frankfurt Germany
- School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh UK
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder Colorado, National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder Colorado, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder Colorado
- Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus Denmark, Arctic Research Center, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus Denmark, Center for Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World (BIOCHANGE), Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus Denmark
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Qatar University, Doha Qatar
- Department of Forestry, Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University, Mississippi
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona Spain, Biodiversity Research Institute, University of Barcelona, Barcelona Spain, Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, Greifswald Germany
- Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna China
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå Sweden, Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht The Netherlands
- School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff Arizona
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg Sweden, Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Göteborg Sweden
- Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Lund Sweden
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Biology / Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Halle (Saale) Germany, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig Germany
- Adam Mickiewicz University, Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Poznan Poland, University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Biological Sciences, Anchorage, Alaska
- Technische Universität München, Freising Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma Italy
- The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Anchorage, Alaska
- Department of Biology, Memorial University, St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT- The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø Norway
- Systems Ecology, Department of Ecological Science, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Department of Botany, University of Otago, Dunedin New Zealand
- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna Austria
- Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Denmark
- Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig Germany, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig Germany, Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu Finland
- Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi Finland
- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf Switzerland, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver British Columbia Canada
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Federation University, Ballarat Victoria Australia
- Global Ecology Unit, CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra Catalonia Spain, CREAF, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès Catalonia Spain
- Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University, Bundoora Australia
- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria South Africa
- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario Canada
- Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Třeboň Czech Republic, Faculty of Science, Centre for Polar Ecology, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
- Biology Department, Swedish Agricultural University (SLU), Uppsala Sweden
- Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki Finland
- Biology Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen The Netherlands
- Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver British Columbia Canada
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff Arizona
- Biology Department, Grand Valley State University, Allendale Michigan
- British Columbia Public Service, Surrey British Columbia Canada
- Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Tennessee
- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen UK, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Switzerland
- Research Unit of Biodiversity, (CSIC/UO/PA), University of Oviedo, Oviedo Spain
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada
- Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Denmark
- Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna China, Department of Biology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Ixelles Belgium
- Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver British Columbia Canada
- Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Třeboň Czech Republic
- WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Switzerland
- Département des Sciences de l'environnement et Centre d'études nordiques, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières Quebec Canada
- School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria British Columbia Canada
- School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
- Centre of Excellence Plants and Ecosystems (PLECO), University of Antwerp, Antwerp Belgium
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dubendorf Switzerland
- Faculty of Science, Centre for Polar Ecology, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
- Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Denmark, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Denmark
- Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Brussels Belgium
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg Sweden
- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Roskilde Denmark
- Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus Denmark
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona Spain, Biodiversity Research Institute, University of Barcelona, Barcelona Spain
- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami Florida
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå Sweden
- Department of Geobotany, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow Russia
- Environment Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Southport Queensland Australia
- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT- The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø Norway, Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Ecology, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna Austria
- Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Greifswald University, Greifswald Germany
- Environmental Biology Department, Institute of Environmental Sciences, CML, Leiden University, Leiden The Netherlands
- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside California
- NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim Norway
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder Colorado
- Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks Alaska
- School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, Waterloo Canada
- Département de biologie, Centre d'études nordiques and Centre d’étude de la forêt, Université Laval, Quebec City Quebec Canada
- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood Victoria Australia
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg Sweden
- Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Bonn Germany
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 81,537 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 content, leaf carbon content, leaf phosphorus content, 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 and alpine sites in the European Alps, Colorado Rockies, Caucasus, Ural Mountains, Pyrenees, Australian Alps, and Central Otago Mountains (New Zealand). More than 99% of observations are georeferenced. Time period and grain: All data were collected between 1964 and 2016. 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 858 terrestrial vascular plant species growing in tundra habitats. Most observations are on individuals (87%), while a small number 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.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Contributing Organization:
- Tundra Trait Team
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; 1504312
- OSTI ID:
- 1479549
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1479555; OSTI ID: 1615226
- Journal Information:
- Global Ecology and Biogeography, Journal Name: Global Ecology and Biogeography Vol. 27 Journal Issue: 12; ISSN 1466-822X
- Publisher:
- WileyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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