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Title: TRY - a global database of plant traits

Abstract

Plant traits – the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants and their organs – determine how primary producers respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, influence ecosystem processes and services and provide a link from species richness to ecosystem functional diversity. Trait data thus represent the raw material for a wide range of research from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology to biogeography. Here we present the global database initiative named TRY, which has united a wide range of the plant trait research community worldwide and gained an unprecedented buy-in of trait data: so far 93 trait databases have been contributed. The data repository currently contains almost three million trait entries for 69,000 out of the world's 300,000 plant species, with a focus on 52 groups of traits characterizing the vegetative and regeneration stages of the plant life cycle, including growth, dispersal, establishment and persistence. A first data analysis shows that most plant traits are approximately log-normally distributed, with widely differing ranges of variation across traits. Most trait variation is between species (interspecific), but significant intraspecific variation is also documented, up to 40% of the overall variation. Plant functional types (PFTs), as commonly used in vegetationmore » models, capture a substantial fraction of the observed variation – but for several traits most variation occurs within PFTs, up to 75% of the overall variation. In the context of vegetation models these traits would better be represented by state variables rather than fixed parameter values. The improved availability of plant trait data in the unified global database is expected to support a paradigm shift from species to trait-based ecology, offer new opportunities for synthetic plant trait research and enable a more realistic and empirically grounded representation of terrestrial vegetation in Earth system models.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Biological Systems Science Division
Contributing Org.:
TRY Consortium
OSTI Identifier:
1625888
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Global Change Biology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 17; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1354-1013
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Biodiversity & Conservation; Environmental Sciences & Ecology

Citation Formats

KATTGE, J., DÍAZ, S., LAVOREL, S., PRENTICE, I. C., LEADLEY, P., BÖNISCH, G., GARNIER, E., WESTOBY, M., REICH, P. B., WRIGHT, I. J., CORNELISSEN, J. C., VIOLLE, C., HARRISON, S. P., Van BODEGOM, P. M., REICHSTEIN, M., ENQUIST, B. J., SOUDZILOVSKAIA, N. A., ACKERLY, D. D., ANAND, M., ATKIN, O., BAHN, M., BAKER, T. R., BALDOCCHI, D., BEKKER, R., BLANCO, C. C., BLONDER, B., BOND, W. J., BRADSTOCK, R., BUNKER, D. E., CASANOVES, F., CAVENDER-BARES, J., CHAMBERS, J. Q., CHAPIN III, F. S., CHAVE, J., COOMES, D., CORNWELL, W. K., CRAINE, J. M., DOBRIN, B. H., DUARTE, L., DURKA, W., ELSER, J., ESSER, G., ESTIARTE, M., FAGAN, W. F., FANG, J., FERNÁNDEZ-MÉNDEZ, F., FIDELIS, A., FINEGAN, B., FLORES, O., FORD, H., FRANK, D., FRESCHET, G. T., FYLLAS, N. M., GALLAGHER, R. V., GREEN, W. A., GUTIERREZ, A. G., HICKLER, T., HIGGINS, S. I., HODGSON, J. G., JALILI, A., JANSEN, S., JOLY, C. A., KERKHOFF, A. J., KIRKUP, D., KITAJIMA, K., KLEYER, M., KLOTZ, S., KNOPS, J. H., KRAMER, K., KÜHN, I., KUROKAWA, H., LAUGHLIN, D., LEE, T. D., LEISHMAN, M., LENS, F., LENZ, T., LEWIS, S. L., LLOYD, J., LLUSIÀ, J., LOUAULT, F., MA, S., MAHECHA, M. D., MANNING, P., MASSAD, T., MEDLYN, B. E., MESSIER, J., MOLES, A. T., MÜLLER, S. C., NADROWSKI, K., NAEEM, S., NIINEMETS, Ü., NÖLLERT, S., NÜSKE, A., OGAYA, R., OLEKSYN, J., ONIPCHENKO, V. G., ONODA, Y., ORDOÑEZ, J., OVERBECK, G., OZINGA, W. A., PATIÑO, S., PAULA, S., PAUSAS, J. G., PEÑUELAS, J., PHILLIPS, O. L., PILLAR, V., POORTER, H., POORTER, L., POSCHLOD, P., PRINZING, A., PROULX, R., RAMMIG, A., REINSCH, S., REU, B., SACK, L., SALGADO-NEGRET, B., SARDANS, J., SHIODERA, S., SHIPLEY, B., SIEFERT, A., SOSINSKI, E., SOUSSANA, J. -F., SWAINE, E., SWENSON, N., THOMPSON, K., THORNTON, P., WALDRAM, M., WEIHER, E., WHITE, M., WHITE, S., WRIGHT, S. J., YGUEL, B., ZAEHLE, S., ZANNE, A. E., and WIRTH, C. TRY - a global database of plant traits. United States: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02451.x.
KATTGE, J., DÍAZ, S., LAVOREL, S., PRENTICE, I. C., LEADLEY, P., BÖNISCH, G., GARNIER, E., WESTOBY, M., REICH, P. B., WRIGHT, I. J., CORNELISSEN, J. C., VIOLLE, C., HARRISON, S. P., Van BODEGOM, P. M., REICHSTEIN, M., ENQUIST, B. J., SOUDZILOVSKAIA, N. A., ACKERLY, D. D., ANAND, M., ATKIN, O., BAHN, M., BAKER, T. R., BALDOCCHI, D., BEKKER, R., BLANCO, C. C., BLONDER, B., BOND, W. J., BRADSTOCK, R., BUNKER, D. E., CASANOVES, F., CAVENDER-BARES, J., CHAMBERS, J. Q., CHAPIN III, F. S., CHAVE, J., COOMES, D., CORNWELL, W. K., CRAINE, J. M., DOBRIN, B. H., DUARTE, L., DURKA, W., ELSER, J., ESSER, G., ESTIARTE, M., FAGAN, W. F., FANG, J., FERNÁNDEZ-MÉNDEZ, F., FIDELIS, A., FINEGAN, B., FLORES, O., FORD, H., FRANK, D., FRESCHET, G. T., FYLLAS, N. M., GALLAGHER, R. V., GREEN, W. A., GUTIERREZ, A. G., HICKLER, T., HIGGINS, S. I., HODGSON, J. G., JALILI, A., JANSEN, S., JOLY, C. A., KERKHOFF, A. J., KIRKUP, D., KITAJIMA, K., KLEYER, M., KLOTZ, S., KNOPS, J. H., KRAMER, K., KÜHN, I., KUROKAWA, H., LAUGHLIN, D., LEE, T. D., LEISHMAN, M., LENS, F., LENZ, T., LEWIS, S. L., LLOYD, J., LLUSIÀ, J., LOUAULT, F., MA, S., MAHECHA, M. D., MANNING, P., MASSAD, T., MEDLYN, B. E., MESSIER, J., MOLES, A. T., MÜLLER, S. C., NADROWSKI, K., NAEEM, S., NIINEMETS, Ü., NÖLLERT, S., NÜSKE, A., OGAYA, R., OLEKSYN, J., ONIPCHENKO, V. G., ONODA, Y., ORDOÑEZ, J., OVERBECK, G., OZINGA, W. A., PATIÑO, S., PAULA, S., PAUSAS, J. G., PEÑUELAS, J., PHILLIPS, O. L., PILLAR, V., POORTER, H., POORTER, L., POSCHLOD, P., PRINZING, A., PROULX, R., RAMMIG, A., REINSCH, S., REU, B., SACK, L., SALGADO-NEGRET, B., SARDANS, J., SHIODERA, S., SHIPLEY, B., SIEFERT, A., SOSINSKI, E., SOUSSANA, J. -F., SWAINE, E., SWENSON, N., THOMPSON, K., THORNTON, P., WALDRAM, M., WEIHER, E., WHITE, M., WHITE, S., WRIGHT, S. J., YGUEL, B., ZAEHLE, S., ZANNE, A. E., & WIRTH, C. TRY - a global database of plant traits. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02451.x
KATTGE, J., DÍAZ, S., LAVOREL, S., PRENTICE, I. C., LEADLEY, P., BÖNISCH, G., GARNIER, E., WESTOBY, M., REICH, P. B., WRIGHT, I. J., CORNELISSEN, J. C., VIOLLE, C., HARRISON, S. P., Van BODEGOM, P. M., REICHSTEIN, M., ENQUIST, B. J., SOUDZILOVSKAIA, N. A., ACKERLY, D. D., ANAND, M., ATKIN, O., BAHN, M., BAKER, T. R., BALDOCCHI, D., BEKKER, R., BLANCO, C. C., BLONDER, B., BOND, W. J., BRADSTOCK, R., BUNKER, D. E., CASANOVES, F., CAVENDER-BARES, J., CHAMBERS, J. Q., CHAPIN III, F. S., CHAVE, J., COOMES, D., CORNWELL, W. K., CRAINE, J. M., DOBRIN, B. H., DUARTE, L., DURKA, W., ELSER, J., ESSER, G., ESTIARTE, M., FAGAN, W. F., FANG, J., FERNÁNDEZ-MÉNDEZ, F., FIDELIS, A., FINEGAN, B., FLORES, O., FORD, H., FRANK, D., FRESCHET, G. T., FYLLAS, N. M., GALLAGHER, R. V., GREEN, W. A., GUTIERREZ, A. G., HICKLER, T., HIGGINS, S. I., HODGSON, J. G., JALILI, A., JANSEN, S., JOLY, C. A., KERKHOFF, A. J., KIRKUP, D., KITAJIMA, K., KLEYER, M., KLOTZ, S., KNOPS, J. H., KRAMER, K., KÜHN, I., KUROKAWA, H., LAUGHLIN, D., LEE, T. D., LEISHMAN, M., LENS, F., LENZ, T., LEWIS, S. L., LLOYD, J., LLUSIÀ, J., LOUAULT, F., MA, S., MAHECHA, M. D., MANNING, P., MASSAD, T., MEDLYN, B. E., MESSIER, J., MOLES, A. T., MÜLLER, S. C., NADROWSKI, K., NAEEM, S., NIINEMETS, Ü., NÖLLERT, S., NÜSKE, A., OGAYA, R., OLEKSYN, J., ONIPCHENKO, V. G., ONODA, Y., ORDOÑEZ, J., OVERBECK, G., OZINGA, W. A., PATIÑO, S., PAULA, S., PAUSAS, J. G., PEÑUELAS, J., PHILLIPS, O. L., PILLAR, V., POORTER, H., POORTER, L., POSCHLOD, P., PRINZING, A., PROULX, R., RAMMIG, A., REINSCH, S., REU, B., SACK, L., SALGADO-NEGRET, B., SARDANS, J., SHIODERA, S., SHIPLEY, B., SIEFERT, A., SOSINSKI, E., SOUSSANA, J. -F., SWAINE, E., SWENSON, N., THOMPSON, K., THORNTON, P., WALDRAM, M., WEIHER, E., WHITE, M., WHITE, S., WRIGHT, S. J., YGUEL, B., ZAEHLE, S., ZANNE, A. E., and WIRTH, C. Tue . "TRY - a global database of plant traits". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02451.x. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1625888.
@article{osti_1625888,
title = {TRY - a global database of plant traits},
author = {KATTGE, J. and DÍAZ, S. and LAVOREL, S. and PRENTICE, I. C. and LEADLEY, P. and BÖNISCH, G. and GARNIER, E. and WESTOBY, M. and REICH, P. B. and WRIGHT, I. J. and CORNELISSEN, J. C. and VIOLLE, C. and HARRISON, S. P. and Van BODEGOM, P. M. and REICHSTEIN, M. and ENQUIST, B. J. and SOUDZILOVSKAIA, N. A. and ACKERLY, D. D. and ANAND, M. and ATKIN, O. and BAHN, M. and BAKER, T. R. and BALDOCCHI, D. and BEKKER, R. and BLANCO, C. C. and BLONDER, B. and BOND, W. J. and BRADSTOCK, R. and BUNKER, D. E. and CASANOVES, F. and CAVENDER-BARES, J. and CHAMBERS, J. Q. and CHAPIN III, F. S. and CHAVE, J. and COOMES, D. and CORNWELL, W. K. and CRAINE, J. M. and DOBRIN, B. H. and DUARTE, L. and DURKA, W. and ELSER, J. and ESSER, G. and ESTIARTE, M. and FAGAN, W. F. and FANG, J. and FERNÁNDEZ-MÉNDEZ, F. and FIDELIS, A. and FINEGAN, B. and FLORES, O. and FORD, H. and FRANK, D. and FRESCHET, G. T. and FYLLAS, N. M. and GALLAGHER, R. V. and GREEN, W. A. and GUTIERREZ, A. G. and HICKLER, T. and HIGGINS, S. I. and HODGSON, J. G. and JALILI, A. and JANSEN, S. and JOLY, C. A. and KERKHOFF, A. J. and KIRKUP, D. and KITAJIMA, K. and KLEYER, M. and KLOTZ, S. and KNOPS, J. H. and KRAMER, K. and KÜHN, I. and KUROKAWA, H. and LAUGHLIN, D. and LEE, T. D. and LEISHMAN, M. and LENS, F. and LENZ, T. and LEWIS, S. L. and LLOYD, J. and LLUSIÀ, J. and LOUAULT, F. and MA, S. and MAHECHA, M. D. and MANNING, P. and MASSAD, T. and MEDLYN, B. E. and MESSIER, J. and MOLES, A. T. and MÜLLER, S. C. and NADROWSKI, K. and NAEEM, S. and NIINEMETS, Ü. and NÖLLERT, S. and NÜSKE, A. and OGAYA, R. and OLEKSYN, J. and ONIPCHENKO, V. G. and ONODA, Y. and ORDOÑEZ, J. and OVERBECK, G. and OZINGA, W. A. and PATIÑO, S. and PAULA, S. and PAUSAS, J. G. and PEÑUELAS, J. and PHILLIPS, O. L. and PILLAR, V. and POORTER, H. and POORTER, L. and POSCHLOD, P. and PRINZING, A. and PROULX, R. and RAMMIG, A. and REINSCH, S. and REU, B. and SACK, L. and SALGADO-NEGRET, B. and SARDANS, J. and SHIODERA, S. and SHIPLEY, B. and SIEFERT, A. and SOSINSKI, E. and SOUSSANA, J. -F. and SWAINE, E. and SWENSON, N. and THOMPSON, K. and THORNTON, P. and WALDRAM, M. and WEIHER, E. and WHITE, M. and WHITE, S. and WRIGHT, S. J. and YGUEL, B. and ZAEHLE, S. and ZANNE, A. E. and WIRTH, C.},
abstractNote = {Plant traits – the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants and their organs – determine how primary producers respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, influence ecosystem processes and services and provide a link from species richness to ecosystem functional diversity. Trait data thus represent the raw material for a wide range of research from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology to biogeography. Here we present the global database initiative named TRY, which has united a wide range of the plant trait research community worldwide and gained an unprecedented buy-in of trait data: so far 93 trait databases have been contributed. The data repository currently contains almost three million trait entries for 69,000 out of the world's 300,000 plant species, with a focus on 52 groups of traits characterizing the vegetative and regeneration stages of the plant life cycle, including growth, dispersal, establishment and persistence. A first data analysis shows that most plant traits are approximately log-normally distributed, with widely differing ranges of variation across traits. Most trait variation is between species (interspecific), but significant intraspecific variation is also documented, up to 40% of the overall variation. Plant functional types (PFTs), as commonly used in vegetation models, capture a substantial fraction of the observed variation – but for several traits most variation occurs within PFTs, up to 75% of the overall variation. In the context of vegetation models these traits would better be represented by state variables rather than fixed parameter values. The improved availability of plant trait data in the unified global database is expected to support a paradigm shift from species to trait-based ecology, offer new opportunities for synthetic plant trait research and enable a more realistic and empirically grounded representation of terrestrial vegetation in Earth system models.},
doi = {10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02451.x},
journal = {Global Change Biology},
number = 9,
volume = 17,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
month = {Tue Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2011}
}

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