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Supporting information to the paper
Boonman, C.C.F. et al. (2021) Plant functional and taxonomic diversity in European grasslands along climatic gradients.
Journal of Vegetation Science.
Appendix S1 EVA data sources
Table S1. Overview of EVA datasets. Dataset code indicates GIVD code (www.givd.info), and Reference lists one reference for each dataset.
Datasets without reference are indicated with “NA”.
Dataset Name Dataset code Reference
Nenets Tundra AS-RU-005 NA
CBNA France CBNA NA
Nordic-Baltic Grassland Vegetation Database (NBGVD)
EU-00-002 Dengler, J. and Rūsiņa, S. (2012) Database dry grasslands in the Nordic and Baltic Region.
Biodiversity & Ecology, 4, 319-320.
Iberian and Macaronesian Vegetation Information System (SIVIM)
EU-00-004 Font, X., Pérez-García, N., Biurrun, I., Fernández-González, F. and Lence, C. (2012) The Iberian and Macaronesian Vegetation Information System (SIVIM, www. sivim. info), five years of online vegetation’s data publishing. Plant Sociology, 49, 89-95.
Vegetation-Plot Database of the University of the Basque Country (BIOVEG)
EU-00-011 Biurrun, I., García-Mijangos, I., Campos, J.A., Herrera, M. and Loidi, J. (2012) Vegetation-plot database of the University of the Basque Country (BIOVEG). Biodiversity & Ecology, 4, 328.
Balkan Dry Grasslands Database
EU-00-013 Vassilev, K., Dajić, Z., Ćušterevska, R., Bergmeier, E. and Apostolova, I. (2012) Balkan Dry Grasslands Database. Biodiversity & Ecology, 4, 330-330.
Mediterranean Ammophiletea database
EU-00-016 Marcenò, C. and Jiménez-Alfaro, B. (2016) The mediterranean Ammophiletea Database: a comprehensive dataset of coastal dune vegetation. Phytocoenologia,47, 95–105.
The Nordic Vegetation Database
EU-00-018 Lenoir, J., Graae, B.J., Aarrestad, P.A., Alsos, I.G., Armbruster, W.S., Austrheim, G. et al. (2013) Local temperatures inferred from plant communities suggest strong spatial buffering of climate warming across Northern Europe. Global Change Biology, 19, 470-1481.
Balkan Vegetation Database
EU-00-019 Vassilev, K., Pedashenko, H., Alexandrova, A., Tashev, A., Ganeva, A., Gavrilova, A. et al. (2020) Balkan Vegetation Database (BVD) – updated information and current status. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 1, 151–153.
European Mire Vegetation Database
EU-00-022 Peterka, T., Jiroušek, M., Hájek, M. and Jiménez-Alfaro, B. (2015) European Mire Vegetation Database: a gap-oriented database for European fens and bogs. Phytocoenologia, 45, 291–297.
Masaryk University's Gap-Filling Database of European Vegetation
EU-00-031 NA
Vegetation Database of Albania
EU-AL-001 Fanelli G., De Sanctis M., Gjeta E., Mullaj A. and Attorre F. (2015) The vegetation of the Buna River Protected Landscape. Hacquetia, 14, 129–174.
Austrian Vegetation Database
EU-AT-001 Willner, W., Berg, C. and Heiselmayer, P. (2012) Austrian Vegetation Database. Biodiversity &
Ecology, 4, 333.
INBOVEG EU-BE-002 De Bie, E. and Paelinckx, D. (2013) INBOVEG, a treasury of vegetation relevés. In: Püssa, K., Kalamees, R. & Hallop, K. (eds.), 56th Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science. Vegetation Patterns and their Underlying Processes, Abstracts. 26–30 June 2013, Tartu Estonia, p. 40. University of Tartu, Tartu, EE.
Bulgarian Vegetation Database
EU-BG-001 Apostolova, I., Sopotlieva, D., Pedashenko, H., Velev, N. and Vasilev, K. (2012) Bulgarian Vegetation Database: historic background, current status and future prospects. Biodiversity &
Ecology, 4, 141–148.
Monitoring Effectiveness of Habitat Conservation in Switzerland
EU-CH-011 Litsios, G. and Bergamini, A. (2020) Monotoring the effectiveness of habitat conservation in Switzerland WBS, viewed 26 August 2020, https://biotopschutz.wsl.ch/en/index.html.
Czech National Phytosociological Database
EU-CZ-001 Chytrý, M. and Rafajová, M. (2003) Czech National Phytosociological Database: basic statistics of the available vegetation-plot data. Preslia, 75, 1–15.
Germany VegMV EU-DE-001 Jansen, F., Dengler, J. and Berg, C. (2012) VegMV – the vegetation database of Mecklenburg- Vorpommern. Biodiversity & Ecology, 4, 149–160.
VegetWeb Germany EU-DE-013 Ewald, J., May, R. and Kleikamp, M. (2012) VegetWeb – the national online-repository of vegetation plots from Germany. Biodiversity & Ecology, 4, 173–175.
German Vegetation Reference Database (GVRD)
EU-DE-014 Jandt, U. and Bruelheide, H. (2012) German Vegetation Reference Database (GVRD). Biodiversity &
Ecology, 4, 355.
Database Schleswig- Holstein (Northern Germany)
EU-DE-040 Lütt, S. 1985. Die Vegetation der kalkreichen Niedermoorwiese am Dobersdorfer See, Kreis Plön.
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Iberian and Macaronesian Vegetation Information System (SIVIM) – Wetlands
EU-ES-001 Lazare, J.J., Cantenot, Y., Riba Mazas, S., Darquistade, A. and Pujos, J. (2005). Additions à la flore d'Andorre. Journal de Botanique de la Société Botanique de France, 29, 77–85.
France SOPHY EU-FR-003 Garbolino, E., De Ruffray, P., Brisse, H. and Grandjouan, G. (2012) The phytosociological database SOPHY as the basis of plant socio-ecology and phytoclimatology in France. Biodiversity & Ecology, 4, 177–184.
VEGFRANCE EU-FR-004 NA
UK National Vegetation Classification Database
EU-GB-001 Rodwell, J. (2012) UK National Vegetation Classification Database. Biodiversity & Ecology, 4, 381.
FloodplainMeadows EU-GB-004 Araya, Y., Dodd, M., Tatarenko, I., Gowing, D. and Rothero, E. (2017) An ecohydrology database for floodplain meadow vegetation management in the UK. Abstract of 26th Congress of the European Vegetation Survey, Bilbao, 13-16 September 2017 University of the Basque Country, Page 14.
CoenoDat Hungarian Phytosociological Database
EU-HU-003 Csiky, J., Botta-Dukát, Z., Horvát, F. and Lájer, K. (2012) CoenoDat Hungarian Phytosociological Database. Biodiversity & Ecology, 4, 394.
Irish Vegetation Database
EU-IE-001 FitzPatrick, Ú. and Kingston, N. 2012. Irish Vegetation Database. Biodiversity & Ecology, 4, 395.
VegItaly EU-IT-001 Landucci, F., Acosta, A.T.R., Agrillo, E., Attorre, F., Biondi, E., Cambria, V.E. et al. (2012) VegItaly:
the Italian collaborative project for a National Vegetation Database. Plant Biosystems, 146, 756–763.
Vegetation database of Habitats in the Italian Alps - HabItAlp
EU-IT-010 Casella, L., Bianco, P.M., Angelini, P. and Morroni, E. (2012) Italian National Vegetation Database (BVN/ISPRA). Biodiversity & Ecology, 4, 404.
Vegetation Plot Database - Sapienza University of Rome
EU-IT-011 Gentile S., Guido M.A., Montanari C., Paola G., Braggio Morucchio G., Petrillo M. (1988) Ricerche geobotaniche e saggi di cartografia della vegetazione del piccolo bacino di Lago Riane (Liguria).
Braun-Blanquetia, 2, 77-104.
VIOLA EU-IT-019 Stanisci, A., Evangelista, A., Frate, L., Stinca, A. and Carranza, M.L. (2016) VIOLA - Database of High Mountain Vegetation of Central Apennines. Phytocoenologia, 46, 231–232.
Lithuanian vegetation Database
EU-LT-001 Rašomavičius, V. (1994) Vegetation of the region of Aukštadvaris.
Semi-natural Grassland Vegetation Database of Latvia
EU-LV-001 Rūsiņa, S. (2012) Semi-natural Grassland Vegetation Database of Latvia. Biodiversity & Ecology, 4, 409.
Vegetation Database of the Republic of Macedonia
EU-MK-001 Micevski, K. (1971) Stepska vegetacija vo Makedonija. Godišen zbornik na Prirodnomatemat, 23, 131–150.
Dutch National Vegetation Database
EU-NL-001 Schaminée, J.H.J., Hennekens, S.M. and Ozinga, W.A. (2012) The Dutch National Vegetation Database. Biodiversity & Ecology, 4, 201–209.
Dutch Military Ranges Vegetation Database (DUMIRA)
EU-NL-003 de Ronde, I. Haveman, R., van der Berg, A. And van Heusden, T. (2020) DUMIRA – a management related vegetation plot database of Dutch military ranges. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 1, 155–161.
Romanian Grassland Database
EU-RO-008 Vassilev, K., Ruprecht, E., Alexiu, V., Becker, T., Beldean, M., Biță-Nicolae, C. et al. (2018) The Romanian Grassland Database (RGD): historical background, current status and future perspectives.
Phytocoenologia, 48, 91–100.
Vegetation Database Grassland Vegetation of Serbia
EU-RS-002 Aćić, S., Petrović, M., Šilc, U. and Dajić Stevanović, Z. (2012) Vegetation Database Grassland Vegetation of Serbia. Biodiversity & Ecology, 4, 418.
Lower Volga Valley Phytosociological Database
EU-RU-002 Golub, V., Sorokin, A., Starichkova, K., Nikolaychuk, L., Bondareva, V. and Ivakhnova, T. (2012) Lower Volga Valley Phytosociological Database. Biodiversity & Ecology, 4, 419.
Vegetation Database of the Volga and the Ural Rivers Basins
EU-RU-003 Lysenko, T., Kalmykova, O. and Mitroshenkova, A. (2012) Vegetation Database of the Volga and the Ural Rivers Basins. Biodiversity & Ecology, 4, 420.
Vegetation Database of Tatarstan
EU-RU-011 NA Temperate Forests of
European Russia
EU-RU-014 NA Ukrainian Grassland
Database
EU-UA-001 Kuzemko, A. (2012) Ukrainian Grasslands Database. Biodiversity & Ecology, 4, 430.
Vegetation Database of Ukraine and Adjacent Parts of Russia
EU-UA-006 NA
Database of non-forest vegetation of the Southern Urals
00-RU-006 NA
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Supporting information to the paper
Boonman, C.C.F. et al. (2021) Plant functional and taxonomic diversity in European grasslands along climatic gradients.
Journal of Vegetation Science.
Appendix S2 Trait data sources
Table S2. Overview of trait datasets. Dataset is the name of the dataset, where FRED reference to datasets in the Fine-Root Ecology Database and other datasets come from TRY. Citation lists one of the references for that dataset. Datasets without citation are indicated with “Unpub.”.
Dataset Citation
A Global Data Set of Leaf Photosynthetic Rates, Leaf N and P, and Specific Leaf Area
Walker, A.P. (2014) A Global Data Set of Leaf Photosynthetic Rates, Leaf N and P, and Specific Leaf Area. Data set. Available on-line [http://daac.ornl.gov] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
A Global Dataset of Leaf Delta13C Data Cornwell, W.K., Wright, I., Turner, J., Maire, V., Barbour, M., Cernusak, L. et al. (2016) A global dataset of leaf delta 13C values. Scientific Data.
Abisko & Sheffield Database Cornelissen, J.H.C., Diez, P.C. and Hunt, R. (1996) Seedling growth, allocation and leaf attributes in a wide range of woody plant species and types. Journal of Ecology, 84, 755-765.
Aboveground morphological traits of grassland species
Abakumova, M., Zobel, K., Lepik, A., Semchenko, M. (2016) Plasticity in plant functional traits is shaped by variability in neighbourhood species composition. New Phytologist, 211, 455–463.
Alaska Peatland Experiment PFT values McPartland, M. (2016) Alaska Peatland Experiment (APEX) PFT values.
Altitudinal Vicariants Spain Milla, R. and Reich, P. B. (2011) Multi-trait interactions, not phylogeny, fine-tune leaf size reduction with increasing altitude. Annals of Botany, 107, 455-465.
Antibiotics-effects on plant elements Minden, V., Schnetger, B., Pufal, G. and Leonhardt, S.D. (2018) Antibiotic-induced effects on scaling relationships and on plant element contents in herbs and grasses. Ecology and Evolution, 8, 6699-6713.
Antibiotics-effects on plant traits Minden, V., Deloy, A., Volkert, A.M., Leonhardt, S.D. and Pufal, G. (2017) Antibiotics impact plant traits, even at small concentrations. Annals of Botany Plants, 9, 1-19.
Araucaria Forest Database Unpub.
Australian Fire Ecology Database Unpub.
BAAD: a biomass and allometry database for woody plants
Falster, D.S., Duursma, R.A., Ishihara, M.I., Barneche, D.R., FitzJohn, R.G., Våhammar, A. et al.
(2015) BAAD: a biomass and allometry database for woody plants. Ecology, 96, 1445.
Baccara - Plant Traits of European Forests Unpub.
BASECO: a floristic and ecological database of Mediterranean French flora
Gachet, S., Véla, E. and Tatoni, T. (2005) BASECO: a floristic and ecological database of Mediterranean French flora. Biodiversity and Conservation, 14, 1023-1034.
BiolFlor Database Kühn, I., Durka, W. and Klotz, S. (2004) BiolFlor - a new plant-trait database as a tool for plant invasion ecology. Diversity and Distribution, 10, 363-365.
Biomass allocation in beech and spruce seedlings
Schall, P., Lödige, C., Beck, M. and Ammer, C. (2012) Biomass allocation to roots and shoots is more sensitive to shade and drought in European beech than in Norway spruce seedlings. Forest Ecology and Management, 266, 246-253.
Biomass allocation of Carex obnupta and Carex stipata
Hough-Snee, N., Nackley, L.L., Kim, S. and Ewing, K. (2015) Does plant performance under stress explain divergent life history strategies? The effects of flooding and nutrient stress on two wetland sedges. Aquatic Botany, 120, 151–159
BIOME-BGC Parameterization Database White, M.A., Thornton, P.E., Running, S.W. and Nemani, R.R. (2000) Parameterization and sensitivity analysis of the BIOME-BGC terrestrial ecosystem model: Net primary production controls. Earth Interactions, 4, 1-85.
BIOPOP: Functional Traits for Nature Conservation
Poschlod, P., Kleyer, M., Jackel, A.K., Dannemann, A. and Tackenberg, O. (2003) BIOPOP – a database of plant traits and Internet application for nature conservation. Folia Geobotanica, 38, 263-271.
BIOTREE Trait Shade Experiment Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schulze, E.-D., Don, A., Schumacher, J. and Weller, E. (2007) Exploring the functional significance of forest diversity: A new long-term experiment with temperate tree species (BIOTREE). Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 9, 53-70.
BROT Plant Trait Database Paula, S., Arianoutsou, M., Kazanis, D., Tavsanoglu, Ç., Lloret, F., Buhk, C. et al. (2009) Fire- related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology, 90, 1420.
Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park De Frutos, Á., Navarro, T., Pueyo, Y. and Alados, C.L. (2015) Inferring Resilience to
Fragmentation-Induced Changes in Plant Communities in a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Ecosystem.
PLoS ONE, 10, e0118837.
Cadotte 2017 Ecology Letters: herbaceous traits measured in the filed
Cadotte, M.W. (2017) Functional traits explain ecosystem function through opposing mechanisms. Ecology Letters, 20, 989-996.
California Coastal Grassland Database Sandel, B., Corbin, J.D. and Krupa, M. (2011) Using plant functional traits to guide restoration: a case study in California coastal grassland. Ecosphere, 2, art23.
Canopy Traits for Temperate Tree Species Under High N-Deposition
Adriaenssens S. (2012) Dry deposition and canopy exchange for temperate tree species under high nitrogen deposition. PhD thesis, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, 209p.
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Catalonian Mediterranean Forest Trait Database
Ogaya, R. and Penuelas, J. (2003) Comparative field study of Quercus ilex and Phillyrea latifolia:
photosynthetic response to experimental drought conditions. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 50, 137-148.
Catalonian Mediterranean Shrubland Trait Database
Unpub.
Categorical Plant Traits Database Unpub.
Causasus Plant Traits Database Unpub.
Cedar Creek Plant Physiology Database Unpub.
Cedar Creek prairie plants (leaf, seed, dispersule, height, plant, root)
Unpub.
Cedar Creek Savanna SLA, C, N Database Willis, C.G., Halina, M., Lehman, C., Reich, P.B., Keen, A., McCarthy, S. and Cavender-Bares, J.
(2010) Phylogenetic community structure in Minnesota oak savanna is influenced by spatial extent and environmental variation. Ecography, 33, 565-577.
Chinese Leaf Traits Database Han, W.X., Fang, J.Y., Guo, D.L. and Zhang, Y. (2005) Leaf nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry across 753 terrestrial plant species in China. New Phytologist, 168, 377-385.
Chinese savanna trees - aboveground trait data Unpub.
Chinese Traits Prentice, I.C., Meng, T., Wang, H., Harrison, S.P., Ni, J., Wang, G. (2011) Evidence for a universal scaling relationship of leaf CO2 drawdown along a moisture gradient. New Phytologist, 190, 169–180.
CIRAD Selmet Tree LNC Sahel Unpub.
Climbing plants trait dataset Gallagher, R.V. and Leishman, M.R. (2012) A global analysis of trait variation and evolution in climbing plants. Journal of Biogeography, 39, 1757-1771.
CLO-PLA : a Database of Clonal Growth in Plants
Klimešová, J. and de Bello, F. (2009) CLO-PLA: the database of clonal and bud bank traits of Central European flora. Journal of Vegetation Science, 20, 511-516.
Coffea arabica var. Caturra - leaf traits Buchanan, S., Isaac, M.E., Van den Meersche, K. And Martin, A.R. (2018) Functional traits of coffee along a shade and fertility gradient in coffee agroforestry systems. Agroforest Systems, 93, 1261-1273.
Cold Tolerance, Seed Size and Height of North American Forest Tree Species
Unpub.
Costa Rica Rainforest Trees Database Unpub.
Costa Rican Tropical Dry Forest Trees Powers, J.S. and Tiffin, P. (2012) Plant functional type classifications in tropical dry forests in Costa Rica: leaf habit versus taxonomic approaches. Functional Ecology, 24, 927–936.
Crop Trait Database Martin, A.R., Hale, C.E., Cerabolini, B.E.L., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Craine, J., Gough, W.A., Kattge, J. And Tirona, C.K.F. (2018) Inter- and intraspecific variation in leaf economics traits in wheat and maize, AoB Plants, 10, ply006.
Crown Architecture Database Unpub.
CTFS Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot Swenson, N.G., Anglada-Cordero, P. and Barone, J.A. (2011) Deterministic tropical tree community turnover: evidence from patterns of functional beta diversity along an elevational gradient. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 278, 877-884.
data4 Unpub
Dispersal Traits Database Unpub.
Eastern US Old Field Plant Traits Database Siefert, A., Fridley, J.D., and Ritchie, M.E. (2014) Community functional responses to soil and climate at multiple spatial scales: when does intraspecific variation matter? PLOS ONE, 9, e111189.
ECOCRAFT Medlyn, B.E., Badeck, F.-W., De Pury, D.G.G., Barton, C.V.M., Broadmeadow, M., Ceulemans, R. et al. (1999) Effects of elevated CO2 on photosynthesis in European forest species: a meta- analysis of model parameters. Plant, Cell and Environment, 22, 1475-1495.
Ecological Flora of the British Isles Fitter, A.H. and Peat, H.J. (1994) The Ecological Flora Database. Journal of Ecology, 82, 415- 425.
ECOQUA South American Plant Traits Database
Muller, S.C., Overbeck, G.E., Pfadenhauer, J. and Pillar, V.D. (2007) Plant functional types of woody species related to fire disturbance in forest-grassland ecotones. Plant Ecology, 189, 1-14.
Ecotron Species Composition and Global Change Experiment
Manning, P., Houston, K. and Evans, T. (2009) Shifts in seed size across experimental nitrogen enrichment and plant density gradients. Basic and Applied Ecology, 10, 300-308.
eHALOPH - Halophytes Database (2015) eHALOPH - Halophytes Database (version 3.11) Flowers, T., Santos, J., Jahns, M., Warburton, B. and Reed, P.
Element contents of plant organs of halohytic species, NW-Germany
Minden, V. and Kleyer, M. (2014) Internal and external regulation of plant organ stoichiometry.
Plant Biology, 16, 897-907.
European Mountain Meadows Plant Traits Database
Bahn, M., Wohlfahrt, G., Haubner, E., Horak, I., Michaeler, W., Rottmar, K. et al. (1999) Leaf photosynthesis, nitrogen contents and specific leaf area of grassland species in mountain ecosystems under different land use. Land use changes in European mountain ecosystems:
ECOMONT concepts and results. Blackwell, Vienna, Austria, 247-255.
European North Russia Dalke, I.V., Novakovskiy, A.B., Maslova, S.P. et al. (2018) Plant Ecoly, 219, 1295.
FAPESP Brazil Rainforest Database Pillar, V.D. and Sosinski, E.E. (2003) An improved method for searching plant functional types by numerical analysis. Journal of Vegetation Science, 14, 323-332.
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Fine root traits of 141 Central European grassland species
Bergmann, J., Ryo, M., Prati, D., Hempel, S. and Rillig, M. C. (2017) Root traits are more than analogues of leaf traits: the case for diaspore mass. New Phytologist, 216, 1130-1139.
Fire Related Traits in Proteaceae and Pinaceae Unpub.
Flora d’Italia Functional Traits Hoard (FIFTH) Cerabolini, B. E., Brusa, G., Ceriani, R. M., De Andreis, R., Luzzaro, A. and Pierce, S. (2010) Can CSR classification be generally applied outside Britain?. Plant Ecology, 210, 253-261.
Floridian Leaf Traits Database Cavender-Bares, J., Keen, A. and Miles, B. (2006) Phylogenetic structure of Floridian plant communities depends on taxonomic and spatial scale. Ecology, 87, S109-S122.
Fonseca/Wright New South Wales Database Fonseca, C.R., Overton, J.M., Collins, B. and Westoby M. (2000) Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients. Journal of Ecology, 88, 964-977.
FRED Li, F.L. and Bao, W.K. (2015) New insights into leaf and fine-root trait relationships: implications of resource acquisition among 23 xerophytic woody species. Ecology and Evolution, 5, 5344- 5351.
FRED Liese, R., Alings, K. and Meier, I.C. (2017) Root branching is a leading root trait of the plant economics spectrum in temperate trees. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 315.
FRED Liese, R., Lubbe, T., Albers, N.W. and Meier, I.C. (2018) The mycorrhizal type governs root exudation and nitrogen uptake of temperate tree species. Tree Physiology, 38, 83-95.
FRED Liu, G., Freschet, G.T., Pan, X., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Li, Y. andDong, M. (2010) Coordinated variation in leaf and root traits across multiple spatial scales in Chinese semi-arid and arid ecosystems. New Phytologist, 188, 543-553.
FRED Mokany, K and Ash, J. (2008) Are traits measured on pot grown plants representative of those in natural communities? Journal of Vegetation Science, 19, 119-126.
FRED Ostonen, I., Truu, M., Helmisaari, H.S., Lukac, M., Borken, W., Vanguelova, E. et al. (2017) Adaptive root foraging strategies along a boreal–temperate forest gradient. New Phytologist, 215, 977-991.
FRED Valverde-Barrantes, O.J., Smemo, K.A. and Blackwood, C.B. (2014) Fine root morphology is phylogenetically structured, but nitrogen is related to the plant economics spectrum in temperate trees. Functional Ecology, 29, 796-807.
FRED Zadworny, M., McCormack, M.L., Rawlik, K. and Jagodzinski, A.M. (2015) Seasonal variation in chemistry, but not morphology, in roots of Quercus robur growing in different soil types. Tree Physiology, 35, 644-652.
FRED Aulen, M., Shipley, B. and Bradley, R. (2012) Prediction of in situ root decomposition rates in an interspecific context from chemical and morphological traits. Annals of Botany, 109, 287-297.
FRED Bakker, M.R., Augusto, L. and Achat, D.L. (2006) Fine root distribution of trees and understory in mature stands of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) on dry and humid sites. Plant Soil, 286, 37-51.
FRED Bakker, M.R., Kerisit, R., Verbist, K. and Nys, C. (1999) Effects of liming on rhizosphere chemistry and growth of fine roots and of shoots of sessile oak (Quercus petrea). Plant and Soil, 217, 243-255.
FRED Birouste, M., Kazakou, E., Blanchard, A. and Roumet, C. (2012) Plant traits and decomposition:
are the relationships for roots comparable to those for leaves? Annals of Botany, 109, 463-472.
FRED Bowsher, A.W., Mason, C.M., Goolsby, E.W. and Donavan, L.A. (2016) Fine root tradeoffs between nitrogen concentration and xylem vessel traits preclude unified whole-plant resource strategies in Helianthus. Ecology and Evolution, 6, 1016-1031.
FRED Butterfield, B.J., Bradford, J.B., Munson, S.M. and Gremer, J.R. (2017) Aridity increases below- ground niche breadth in grass communities. Plant Ecology, 218, 385-394.
FRED Chagnon, P.-L., Bradley, R.L. and Klironomos, J.N. (2015) Trait-based partner selection drives mycorrhizal network assembly. Oikos, 124, 1609-1616.
FRED Chen, W., Koide, R.T., Adams, T.S., DeForest, J.L., Cheng, L. and Eissenstat, D.M. (2016) Root morphology and mycorrhizal symbioses together shape nutrient foraging strategies of temperate trees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113, 8741-8746.
FRED Chen, W., Zeng, H., Eissenstat, D.M. and Guo, D. (2013) Variation of first-order root traits across climatic gradients and evolutionary trends in geological time. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22, 846-856.
FRED Cheng, J., Chu, P., Chen, D. and Bai, Y. (2016) Functional correlations between specific leaf area and specific root length along a regional environmental gradient in inner Mongolia grasslands.
Functional Ecology, 30, 985-997.
FRED Coleman, M.D. (2007) Spatial and temporal patterns of root distribution in developing stands of four woody crop species grown with drip irrigation and fertilization. Plant Soil, 299,195-213.
FRED Comas, L.H., Bouma, T.J. and Eissenstat, D.M. (2002) Linking root traits to potential growth rate in six temperate tree species. Oecologia, 132, 34-43.
FRED Comas, L.H. and Eissenstat, D.M. (2009) Patterns in root trait variation among 25 co-existing North American forest species. New Phytologist, 182, 919-928.
FRED Craine, J.M., Froehle, J., Tilman, D.G., Wedin, D.A. and Chapin, F.S. (2001) The relationships among root and leaf traits of 76 grassland species and relative abundance among fertility and disturbance gradients. Oikos, 93, 274-285.
FRED Dong, X., Wang, H., Gu, J., Wang, Y. and Wang, Z. (2014) Root morphology, histology and chemistry of nine fern species (pteridophyta) in a temperate forest. Plant Soil, 393, 215-227.
FRED Fort, F., Cruz, P., Catrice, O., Delbrut, A., Luzarreta, M., Stroia, C. and Jouany, C. (2015) Root functional trait syndromes and plasticity drive the ability of grassland Fabaceae to tolerate water and phosphorus shortage. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 110, 62-72.
FRED Fort, F., Jouany, C. and Cruz, P. (2013) Root and leaf functional trait relations in Poaceae species:
implications of differing resource-acquisition strategies. Journal of Plant Ecology, 6, 211-219.
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FRED Fort, F., Volaire, F., Guilioni, L., Barkaoui, K., Navas, M.L. and Roumet, C. (2017) Root traits are related to plant water-use among rangeland Mediterranean species. Functional Ecology, 31, 1700-1709.
FRED Freschet, G.T., Kichenin, E. and Wardle, D.A. (2015) Explaining within-community variation in plant biomass allocation: a balance between organ biomass and morphology above vs below ground? Journal of Vegetation Science, 26,431-440.
FRED Freschet, G.T., Swart, E.M. and Cornelissen, J.H.C. (2015) Integrated plant phenotypic responses to contrasting above- and below-ground resources: key roles of specific leaf area and root mass fraction. New Phytologist, 206, 1247-1260.
FRED Goransson, H., Wallander, H., Ingerslev, M. and Rosengren, U. (2006) Estimating the relative nutrient uptake from different soil depths in Quercus robur, Fagus sylvatica, and Picea abies.
Plant soil, 286, 87-97.
FRED Graham, J.H. and Syvertsen, J.P. (1985) Host determinants of mycorrhizal dependency of citrus rootstock seedlings. New Phytologist, 101, 667-676.
FRED Hajek, P., Hertel, D. and Leuschner, C. (2014) Root order- and root age-dependent response of two poplar species to belowground competition. Plant Soil, 337,337-355.
FRED Hansson, K., Helmisaari, H.S., Sah, S.P. and Lange, H. (2013). Fine root production and turnover of tree and understorey vegetation in Scots pine, silver birch and Norway spruce stands in SW Sweden. Forest Ecology and Management, 309, 58-65.
FRED Hill, J.O., Simpson, R.J., Moore, A.D., Chapman, D.F. (2006). Morphology and response of roots of pasture species to phosphorus and nitrogen nutrition. Plant and Soil, 286, 7-19.
FRED Hong, J., Ma, X., Yan, Y., Zhang, X. and Wang, X. (2018) Which root traits determine nitrogen uptake by alpine plant species on the Tibetan Plateau?. Plant and Soil, 424, 63-72.
FRED Imada, S., Yamanaka, N. and Tamai, S. (2008) Water table depth affects populus alba fine root growth and whole plant biomass. Functional Ecology, 22, 1018-1026.
FRED Jeffery, R.P., Simpson, R.J., Lambers, H., Kidd, D.R. and Ryan, M.H. (2017) Root morphology acclimation to phosphorus supply by six cultivars of Trifolium subterraneum L. Plant Soil, 412, 21-34.
FRED Kubisch, P., Hertel, D. and Leuschner, C. (2015) Do ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal temperate tree species systematically differ in root order-related fine root morphology and biomass? Frontiers in Plant Science, 6, 1-12.
FRED Roumet, C., Lafont, F., Sari, M., Warembourg, F. and Garnier, E. (2008) Root traits and taxonomic affiliation of nine herbaceous species grown in glasshouse conditions. Plant Soil, 312, 69-83.
FRED Roumet, C., Urcelay, C. and Diaz, S. (2006) Suites of root traits differ between annual and perennial species growing in the field. New Phytologist, 170, 357-368.
FRED Ryser, P. and Lambers, H. (1995) Root and leaf attributes accounting for the performance of fast and slow-growing grasses at different nutrient supply. Plant and Soil, 170, 251-265.
FRED Shi, W., Wang, Z.Q., Liu, J.L., Gu, J.C. and Guo, D.L. (2008) Fine root morphology of twenty hardwood species in Maoershan Natural Secondary Forest in Northeastern China. Journal of Plant Ecology (Chinese Version), 32, 1217-1226.
FRED McCormack, M.L., Adams, T.S., Smithwick, E.A.H. and Eissenstat, D.M. (2012) Predicting fine root lifespan from plant functional traits in temperate trees. New Phytologist, 195, 823-831.
FRED Medeiros, J.S., Burns, J.H., Nicholson, J., Rogers, L. and Valverde-Barrantes, O. (2017) Decoupled leaf and root carbon economics is a key component in the ecological diversity and evolutionary divergence of deciduous and evergreen lineages of genus Rhododendron. American Journal of Botany, 104, 1-14.
FRED Valverde-Barrantes, O.J., Smemo, K.A., Feinstein, L.M., Kershner, M.W. and Blackwood, C.B.
(2015) Aggregated and complementary: symmetric proliferation, overyielding, and mass effects explain fine-root biomass in soil patches in a diverse temperate deciduous forest landscape. New Phytologist, 205, 731-742.
FRED Weemstra, M., Sterck, F.J., Visser, E.J.W., Kuyper, T.W., Goudzwaard, L. and Mommer, L.
(2017) Fine-root trait plasticity of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies) forests on two contrasting soils. Plant Soil, 415, 175-188.
FRED Perez-Ramos, I.M., Volaire, F., Fattet, M., Blanchard, A. and Roumet, C. (2013) Tradeoffs between functional strategies for resource-use and drought-survival in Mediterranean rangeland species. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 87, 126-136.
FRED Polverigiani, S., McCormack, M.L., Mueller, C.W. and Eissenstat, D.M. (2011) Growth and physiology of olive pioneer and fibrous roots exposed to soil moisture deficits. Tree Physiology, 31, 1228-1237.
FRED Poon, G.T. and Maherali, H. (2015) Competitive interactions between a nonmycorrhizal invasive plant, Alliaria petiolata, and a suite of mycorrhizal grassland, old field, and forest species. PeerJ, 3, e1090.
FRED Reich, P.B., Buschena, C., Tjoelker, M.G., Wrage, K., Knops, J., Tilman, D. and Machado, J.L.
(2003) Variation in growth rate and ecophysiology among 34 grassland and savanna species under contrasting N supply: a test of functional group differences. New Phytologist, 157, 617-631.
FRED Roumet, C., Birouste, M., Picon-Cochard, C., Ghestem, M., Osman, N., Vrignon-Brenas, S., Cao, K.-F. and Stokes, A. (2016) Root structure-function relationships in 74 species: evidence of root economics spectrum related to carbon economy. New Phytologist, 210, 815-826.
FRED Smith, S.W., Woodin, S.J., Pakeman, R.J., Johnson, D. and van der Wal, R. (2014) Root traits predict decomposition across a landscape-scale grazing experiment. New Phytologist, 203, 851- 862.
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FRED Tjoelker, M.G., Craine, J.M., Wedin, D., Reich, P.B. and Tilman, D. (2005) Linking leaf and root trait syndromes among 39 grassland and savannah species. New Phytologist, 167, 493-508.
FRED Yang, Z., Culvenor, R.A., Haling, R.E., Stefanski, A., Ryan, M.H., Sandral, G.A. et al. (2017) Variation in root traits associated with nutrient foraging among temperate pasture legumes and grasses. Grass and Forage Science, 72, 93-103.
FRED Withington, J.M., Reich, P.B., Oleksyn, J. and Eissenstat, D.M. (2006) Comparisons of structure and life span in roots and leaves among temperate trees. Ecological Monographs, 76, 381-397.
FRED Xu, K., Li, F., Guo, S. and Bao, W. (2012) Root functional traits and trade-offs in one-year-old plants of 25 species from the arid valley of Minjiang River. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 32, 215-225.
FRED Zadworny, M. and Eissenstat, D.M. (2011) Contrasting the morphology, anatomy and fungal colonization of new pioneer and fibrous roots. New Phytologist, 190, 213-221.
FRED Zadworny, M., McCormack, M.L., Mucha, J., Reich P.B. and Oleksyn, J. (2016) Scots pine fine roots adjust along a 2000-km latitudinal climatic gradient. New Phytologist, 212, 389-399.
FRED Jo, I., Fridley, J.D. and Frank, D.A. (2016) More of the same? In situ leaf and root decomposition rates do not vary between 80 native and nonnative deciduous forest species. New Phytologist, 209, 115-122.
FRED - Fine Root Ecology Database Iversen, C.M., McCormack, M.L., Powell, A.S., Blackwood, C.B., Freschet, G.T., Kattge, J. et al.
(2017) A global Fine-Root Ecology Database to address belowground challenges in plant ecology. New Phytologist, 215, 15-26.
French Alps Trait Data Gos, P., Loucougaray, G., Colace, M. P., Arnoldi, C., Gaucherand, S., Dumazel, D. et al. (2016) Relative contribution of soil, management and traits to co-variations of multiple ecosystem properties in grasslands. Oecologia, 180, 1001-1013.
French Massif Central Grassland Trait Database
Louault, F., Pillar, V.D., Aufrere, J., Garnier, E. and Soussana, J.F. (2005) Plant traits and functional types in response to reduced disturbance in a semi-natural grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science. 16, 151-160.
French Weeds Trait Database Unpub.
Functional Resilience of Temperate Forests Dataset
Liebergesell, M., Reu, B., Stahl, U., Freiberg, M., Welk, E., Kattge, J. et al. (2016) Functional resilience against climate-driven extinctions–Comparing the functional diversity of European and North American tree floras. PloS one, 11, e0148607.
Functional traits explaining variation in plant life history strategies
Adler, P.B., Salguero-Gómez, R., Compagnoni, A., Hsu, J.S., Ray-Mukherjee, J., Mbeau-Ache, C. and Franco, M. (2014) Functional traits explain variation in plant life history strategies.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 740-745.
Functional Traits Of Bulgarian Grasslands Vassilev, K., Pedashenko, H., Nikolov, S., Apostolova, I. and Dengler, J. (2011) The effect of land abandonment on the vegetation of upland semi-natural grasslands in the Western Balkans MTS, Bulgaria. Plant Biosystems, 145, 654-665.
Functional Traits of Graminoids in Semi-Arid Steppes Database
Adler P.B., Milchunas, D.G., Lauenroth, W.K., Sala, O.E. and Burke, I.C. (2004) Functional traits of graminoids in semi-arid steppes: a test of grazing histories. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41, 653–663.
Functional Traits of Trees Paine, C.T., Amissah, L., Auge, H., Baraloto, C., Baruffol, M., Bourland, N. et al. (2015) Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why.
Journal of Ecology, 103, 978-989.
Functional Traits of Trees in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica
Chacón-Madrigal, E., Wanek, W., Hietz, P. and Dullinger, S. (2018) Traits indicating a conservative resource strategy are weakly related to narrow range size in a group of neotropical trees. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 32, 30-37.
Functional traits of woody species in the Brazilian semi-arid region
Unpub.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen elevational gradients Bucher, S.F., Auerswald, K., Tautenhahn, S., Geiger, A., Otto, J., Müller, A. and Römermann, C.
(2016) Intra- and interspecific variation in stomatal pore area index along altitudinal gradients and its relation to leaf functional traits. Plant Ecology, 217, 229-240.
Global 15N Database Craine, J. M., Elmore, A. J., Aidar, M. P., Bustamante, M., Dawson, T. E., Hobbie, E. A. et al.
(2009) Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability. New Phytologist, 183, 980-992.
Global A, N, P, SLA Database Reich, P. B., Oleksyn, J. and Wright, I.J. (2009) Leaf phosphorus influences the photosynthesis- nitrogen relation: a cross-biome analysis of 314 species. Oecologia, 160, 207-212.
Global Dataset of Maximum Rooting Depth Fan Y, Gonzalo Miguez-Macho, Esteban G. Jobbágy, Robert B. Jackson, Carlos Otero-Casal (2017) Hydrologic regulation of plant rooting depth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (40) 10572-10577
Global Leaf Gas Exchange Database (I) Lin Y-S, Medlyn BE, Duursma RA, Prentice IC, Wang H, Baig S. et al. (2015) Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world. Nature Climate Change 5(5): 459-464 DOI:
10.1038/NCLIMATE2550
Global Leaf Gas Exchange Database (II) Knauer et al. (2017) Towards physiologically meaningful water-use efficiency estimates from eddy covariance data. Global Change Biology, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13893
Global Leaf Phenology Database Zanne, A.E., Tank, D.C., Cornwell, W.K., Eastman, J.M., Smith, S.A., FitzJohn, R.G., et al.
(2013) Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments. Nature.
doi:10.1038/nature12872 Global Leaf Robustness and Physiology
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Niinemets, U. (2001) Global-scale climatic controls of leaf dry mass per area, density, and thickness in trees and shrubs. Ecology, 82, 453-469.
Global leaf size dataset Wright, I. J., N. Dong, V. Maire, I. C. Prentice, M. Westoby, S. Díaz, et al. (2017). Global climatic drivers of leaf size. Science 357(6354): 917-921.
Global Respiration Database Atkin, O.K., Bloomfield, K.J., Reich, P.B., Tjoelker, M.G., Asner, G.P., Bonal, D. et al. (2015) Global variability in leaf respiration among plant functional types in relation to climate and leaf traits. New Phytologist DOI: 10.1111/nph.13253
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Global Seed Mass, Plant Height Database Moles, A.T., Falster, D.S., Leishman, M.R., and Westoby, M. (2004) Small-seeded species produce more seeds per square metre of canopy per year, but not per individual per lifetime.
Journal of Ecology, 92, 384-396.
GLOPNET - Global Plant Trait Network Database
Wright, I.J., Reich, P.B., Westoby, M., Ackerly, D.D., Baruch, Z., Bongers, F. et al. (2004) The worldwide leaf economics spectrum. Nature, 428,821-827.
Grassland Plant Trait Database Takkis, K. 2014. Changes in plant species richness and population performance in response to habitat loss and fragmentation. Dissertationes Biologicae Universitatis Tartuensis 255, 2014-04- 07. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10062/39546
Great Basin sagebrush seedlings-greenhouse experiment
Unpub.
Growth and Herbivory of Juvenil Trees Unpub.
Harze Trait Intravar: SLA, LDMC and Plant Height for Calcareous Grassland Species in South Belgium
Unpub.
Hawaii native and non indigenous species.
Traits and environment
Baruch, Z. and Goldstein, G. (1999) Leaf construction cost, nutrient concentration, and net CO2 assimilation of native and invasive species in Hawaii. Oecologia, 121, 183-192
Hawaiian Leaf Traits Database Penuelas, J., J. Sardans, J. Llusia, S. Owen, J. Carnicer, T. W. Giambelluca, E. L. Rezende, M.
Waite, and Ü. Niinemets. (2010) Faster returns on leaf economics and different biogeochemical niche in invasive compared with native plant species. Global Change Biology, 16,2171-2185.
Hawaiian Lobeliad Givnish T.J., R.A. Montgomery and G. Goldstein. (2004) Adaptive radiation of photosynthetic physiology in the Hawaiian lobeliads: light regimes, static light responses, and whole-plant compensation points. American Journal of Botany 91: 228-246
Herbaceous plants of Rouge National Urban Park
Unpub.
Herbaceous Plants Traits From Southern Germany
Unpub.
Herbaceous Traits from the Öland Island Database
Hickler, T. (1999) Plant functional types and community characteristics along environmental gradients on Öland's Great Alvar (Sweden) Masters Thesis, University of Lund, Sweden.
Hokkaido leaf traits Mori, A. S., Shiono, T., Haraguchi, T. F., Ota, A. T., Koide, D., Ohgue, T. et al. (2015) Functional redundancy of multiple forest taxa along an elevational gradient: predicting the consequences of non-random species loss. Journal of Biogeography, 42, 1383–1396.
Hydrophytes Traits Database Pierce S., Brusa G., Sartori M. & Cerabolini B.E.L. (2012) Combined use of leaf size and economics traits allows direct comparison of hydrophyte and terrestrial herbaceous adaptive strategies. Annals of Botany, 109, 1047-1053
Impatiens Glandulifera Dataset Pahl, A.T., Kollmann, J., Mayer, A. and Haider, S. (2013): No evidence for local adaptation in an invasive alien plant: field and greenhouse experiments tracing a colonization sequence. Annals of Botany, 112, 1921-1930.
Iranian Plant Trait Dataset Unpub.
Italian Alps Plant Traits Database Bragazza, L. (2009) Conservation priority of Italian alpine habitats: a floristic approach based on potential distribution of vascular plant species. Biodiversity and Conservation, 18, 2823–2835.
JACARE A-Ci leaf trait data base 2017 Bahar, NHA, Ishida, FY, Weerasinghe, LK, Guerrieri, R, OSullivan, OS, Bloomfield, KJ, et al.
(2017) Leaf-level photosynthetic capacity in lowland Amazonian and high-elevation Andean tropical moist forests of Peru. New Phytologist 214, 1002-1018.
Jasper Ridge Californian Woody Plants Database
Preston, K. A., W. K. Cornwell, and J. L. DeNoyer. (2006) Wood density and vessel traits as distinct correlates of ecological strategy in 51 California coast range angiosperms. New Phytologist 170:807-818.
Jasper Ridge leaf chemistry data Dahlin KM, Asner GP and CB Field (2013) Environmental and community controls on plant canopy chemistry in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 110(17): 6895-6900
KEW African Plant Traits Database Kirkup, D., P. Malcolm, G. Christian, and A. Paton. (2005) Towards a digital African Flora.
Taxon 54:457-466.
KEW Seed Information Database (SID) Royal Botanical Gardens KEW. 2008. Seed Information Database (SID). Version 7.1. Available from: http://data.kew.org/sid/ (May 2011).
KIT herbaceous functional gradient (median) Kattenborn, T., Fassnacht, F. E., and Schmidtlein, S. (2018) Differentiating plant functional types using reflectance: which traits make the difference? Remote Sensing in Ecology and
Conservation, 1–15.
LABDENDRO Brazilian Subtropical Forest Traits Database [Dataset II]
Souza, K., Higuchi, P., Silva, A.C.D., Schimalski, M.B., Loebens, R., Buzzi Júnior, F. et al.
(2017) Partição de nicho por grupos funcionais de espécies arbóreas em uma floresta subtropical.
Rodriguésia, 68(4), 1165-1175.
LBA-ECO CD-02 C and N Isotopes in Leaves and Atmospheric CO2, Amazonas, Brazil
de Araujo, A.C., Ometto, J.P.H.B., Dolman, A.J., Kruijt, B., Waterloo, M.J. and Ehleringer, J.R.
(2011) LBA-ECO CD-02 C and N Isotopes in Leaves and Atmospheric CO2, Amazonas, Brazil.
Data set. Available on-line [http://daac.ornl.gov ] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.
LBA-ECO CD-09 Soil and Vegetation Characteristics, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil
Williams, M., Y.E. Shimabokuro and E.B. Rastetter. (2012) LBA-ECO CD-09 Soil and Vegetation Characteristics, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil. Data set. Available on-line [http://daac.ornl.gov] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.
LBA ECO Tapajos: Leaf Characteristics and Photosynthesis
Tomas F. Domingues, Luiz A. Martinelli, James R. Ehleringer (2007) Ecophysiological traits of plant functional groups in forest and pasture ecosystems from eastern Amazonia, Brazil. Plant Ecol, 193:101–112
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LCE: Leaf carbon exchange dataset for tropical, temperate, and boreal species of North and Central A
Smith, N. G. and Dukes, J. S. (2017), LCE: leaf carbon exchange data set for tropical, temperate, and boreal species of North and Central America. Ecology, 98: 2978.
Leaf Allometry Dataset Price, C.A. and Enquist, B.J. (2007) Scaling of mass and morphology in Dicotyledonous leaves:
an extension of the WBE model. Ecology, 88, 1132–1141.
Leaf and Whole-Plant Traits Database:
Hydraulic and Gas Exchange Physiology, Anatomy, Venation Struc
Sack, L. (2004) Responses of temperate woody seedlings to shade and drought: do trade-offs limit potential niche differentiation? Oikos, 107, 110-127.
Leaf and Whole Plant Traits Database Kazakou, E., Vile, D., Shipley, B., Gallet, C., and Garnier, E. (2006) Co-variations in litter decomposition, leaf traits and plant growth in species from a Mediterranean old-field succession.
Functional Ecology 20:21-30.
Leaf Area, Dry Mass and SLA Dataset Unpub.
Leaf Ash Content in China's Terrestrial Plants Wenxuan Han, Yahan Chen, Fang-Jie Zhao, Luying Tang, Rongfeng Jiang and Fusuo Zhang, 2012, Floral, climatic and soil pH controls on leaf ash content in China’s terrestrial plants. Global Ecology and Biogeography, DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00677.x
Leaf Biomechanics Database Onoda, Y., Westoby, M., Adler, P.B., Choong, A.M.F., Clissold, F.J., Cornelissen, J.H.C. et al.
(2011) Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties. Ecology Letters, 14,301-312.
Leaf Characteristics of Pinus Sylvestris and Picea Abies
Unpub.
Leaf Economic Traits Across Varying Environmental Conditions
Wright JP, Sutton-Grier A (2012) Does the leaf economic spectrum hold within local species pools across varying environmental conditions? Functional Ecology
Leaf economic traits in wheat and maize Martin A R, Christine E Hale, Bruno E L Cerabolini, Johannes H C Cornelissen, Joseph Craine, William A Gough, Jens Kattge, Cairan K F Tirona (2018) Inter- and intraspecific variation in leaf economics traits in wheat and maize, AoB PLANTS, ply006
Leaf economics spectrum and venation networks in Populus tremuloides
Blonder, B., Violle, C. and Enquist, B. J. (2013) Assessing the causes and scales of the leaf economics spectrum using venation networks in Populus tremuloides. Journal of Ecology, 101:
981–989. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12102 Leaf functional traits in the Hawaiian
silversword alliance
Blonder, B., Baldwin, B., Enquist, B.J., Robichaux, R.H. (2016) Variation and macroevolution in leaf functional traits in the Hawaiian silversword alliance (Asteraceae). Journal of Ecology, 104:219–228 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12497
Leaf Gross Morphometrics Within one Species in Relation to Latitude, Altitude and Time
Guerin G.R., Wen H. & Lowe A.J. (2012) Leaf morphology shift linked to climate change.
Biology Letters, 8, 882-886.
Leaf Mass Area, Leaf Carbon and Nitrogen Content, Barrow, Alaska
Rogers A, Serbin SP, Ely KS, Sloan VL, Wullschleger SD (2017) Terrestrial biosphere models underestimate photosynthetic capacity and CO2 assimilation in the Arctic. New Phytologist. doi:
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Leaf N-Retention Database De Vries F., Bardgett R.D. (2016) Plant community controls on short-term ecosystem nitrogen retention. New Phytologist. doi: 10.1111/nph.13832
Leaf Nitrogen and Phosphorus for China's Terrestrial Plants
Yahan Chen , Wenxuan Han , Luying Tang , Zhiyao Tang and Jingyun Fang 2011 Leaf nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations of woody plants differ in responses to climate, soil and plant growth form. Ecography, 34, doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06833.x
Leaf nutrient concentration_Scalon et al. 2017 Scalon, M.C., Haridasan, M. & Franco, A.C. (2017) Plant Soil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104- 017-3437-0
Leaf nutrient concentrations Rolo V., López-Díaz M. L. and Moreno G. (2012) Shrubs affect soil nutrients availability with contrasting consequences for pasture understory and tree overstory production and nutrient status in Mediterranean grazed open woodlands. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 1–14
Leaf nutrients and SLA for old field shrubs and small trees from northeastern Connecticut, USA
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Leaf Photosynthesis and Nitrogen at Oak Ridge Dataset
Wilson K., D. Baldocchi, P. Hanson (2000) Spatial and seasonal variability of photosynthetic parameters and their relationship to leaf nitrogen in a deciduous forest. Tree Physiology 20, 565–
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Leaf Physiology Database Kattge, J., W. Knorr, T. Raddatz, and C. Wirth. 2009. Quantifying photosynthetic capacity and its relationship to leaf nitrogen content for global-scale terrestrial biosphere models. Global Change Biology 15:976-991.
Leaf Respiration Acclimation in Panama Slot, M., Rey-Sanchez, C., Winter, K. and Kitajima, K. (2014) Trait-based scaling of temperature- dependent foliar respiration in a species-rich tropical forest canopy. Functional Ecology 28:
1074–1086 doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12263
Leaf Structure and Chemistry Auger, S., Shipley, B. (2012). : Interspecific and intraspecific trait variation along short environmental gradients in an old-growth temperate forest. Journal of Vegetation Science. DOI:
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Leaf Structure and Economics Spectrum Pierce S., Brusa G., Vagge I., Cerabolini B.E.L. (2013) Allocating CSR plant functional types: the use of leaf economics and size traits to classify woody and herbaceous vascular plants. Functional Ecology, 27, 1002-1010
Leaf Structure, Venation and Economic Spectrum
Blonder, B., Buzzard, B., Sloat, L., Simova, I., Lipson, R., Boyle, B., Enquist, B. (2012) The shrinkage effect biases estimates of paleoclimate. American Journal of Botany, 99, 1756-1763.
Leaf traits (and a few seed weights) collected from plants in the Macquarie Marshes, Australia
Dawson, S. K., Warton, D. I., Kingsford, R. T., Berney, P. , Keith, D. A., Catford, J. A. and Mori, A. (2017), Plant traits of propagule banks and standing vegetation reveal flooding alleviates impacts of agriculture on wetland restoration. J Appl Ecol, 54: 1907-1918. doi:10.1111/1365- 2664.12922
Leaf Traits and Seed Mass of Cover Crops Tribouillois H, Fort F, Cruz P, Charles R, Flores O, Garnier E, et al. (2015) A Functional Characterisation of a Wide Range of Cover Crop Species: Growth and Nitrogen Acquisition
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Rates, Leaf Traits and Ecological Strategies. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0122156.
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the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute-Forest
Gonzalez-Akre, E., McShea, W., Bourg, N., Anderson-Teixeira, K. 2015. Leaf traits data (SLA) for 56 woody species at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute-ForestGEO Forest Dynamic Plot. Front Royal, Virginia. USA. [Data set]. Version 1.0.(www.try-db.org) Leaf traits for Picea glauca and Pinus sylvestris
on University of Calgary (Canada) campus
Michaletz, S.T., and E.A. Johnson. 2006. A heat transfer model of crown scorch in forest fires.
Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36(11): 2839-2851
Leaf traits from Baltic Island species Hattermann D, Elstner C, Markus Bernhardt-Römermann, Lutz Eckstein: Measurements from the project Relative effects of local and regional factors as drivers for plant community diversity, functional trait diversity and genetic structure of species on Baltic uplift islands funded by the German Research Foundation - DFG: BE 4143/5-1 and EC 209/12-1
Leaf traits from ECOSHRUB Dovrefjell Norway
Unpub.
Leaf Traits From Madagascar Brown, K.A., S.E. Johnson, K. Parks, S.M. Holmes, T. Ivoandry, N.K. Abram, K.E. Delmore, R.
Ludovic, H.E. Andriamaharoa, T.M. Wyman, P.C. Wright (2013) Use of provisioning ecosystem services drives loss of functional traits across land use intensification gradients in tropical forests in Madagascar. Biological Conservation 161: 118-127
Leaf traits from North West Italy Unpub.
Leaf Traits From the LBA SECA Rain Exclusion Experiment
de Araujo, A.C., J.P.H.B. Ometto, A.J. Dolman, B. Kruijt, M.J. Waterloo and J.R. Ehleringer.
2012. LBA-ECO CD-02 C and N Isotopes in Leaves and Atmospheric CO2, Amazonas, Brazil.
Data set. Available on-line [http://daac.ornl.gov ] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1097 Leaf traits from the Loess Plateau region of
northern Shaanxi in China
Unpub.
Leaf Traits in Central Apennines Beech Forests
Unpub Leaf Traits in Italian Central Apennines Beech
Forests
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Leaf Traits Mount Hutt, New Zealand Kichenin et al. 2013. Contrasting effects of plant inter- and intraspecific variation on community- level trait measures along an environmental gradient. Functional Ecology, in press.
Leaf traits of Dipterocarpus alatus Roxb. ex. G.
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MARGINS - leaf traits database Unpub.
Maxfield Meadow, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory - LMA
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Maximum Height of Chinese Tree Species (From Silva Sinica)
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Meadow Plant Traits: Biomass Allocation, Rooting depth
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Mediterranean psammophytes Ciccarelli D. (2015) - Mediterranean coastal dune vegetation: Are disturbance and stress the key selective forces that drive the psammophilous succession? Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 165(5):247–253 doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2015.05.023
Midwestern and Southern US Herbaceous Species Trait Database
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New South Wales Plant Traits Database Unpub.
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Niwot Alpine Plant Traits Spasojevic, M. J. and K. N. Suding. 2012. Inferring community assembly mechanisms from functional diversity patterns: the importance of multiple assembly processes. Journal of Ecology 100:652-661.
Northern mixed-grass prairie species traits - Wyoming, USA
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Overton/Wright New Zealand Database Unpub.
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Plant Coastal Dune Traits (France, Aquitaine) Unpub.
Plant Functional Traits From the Province of Almeria (Spain)
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Plant Trait Dataset for Tree-Like Growth Forms
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Plant Traits for Grassland Species (Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA)
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Plant Traits from Circeo National Park, Italy Burrascano S, Copiz R, Del Vico E, Fagiani S, Giarrizzo E, Mei M, Mortelliti A, Sabatini FM, Blasi C (2015) Wild boar rooting intensity determines shifts in understorey composition and functional traits. COMMUNITY ECOLOGY 16(2) 244-253 DOI: 10.1556/168.2015.16.2.12
Plant traits from Costa Rica Unpub.
Plant Traits from Fynbos Forests in the Cape Region
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Plant Traits from LTER Matsch (Mazia), Italy unpub Unpub
Plant Traits from Romania Ciocarlan V. (2009). The illustrated Flora of Romania. Pteridophyta et Spermatopyta. Editura Ceres, 1141 p (in Romanian).
Plant Traits From Spanish Mediteranean shrublands
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Plant traits from Wisconsin, USA Unpub.
Plant Traits in Pollution Gradients Database Unpub.
Plant Traits of Acidic Grasslands in Central Spain
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Plant Traits of Canadian Forests Bond-Lamberty, B., C. Wang, and S. T. Gower (2002), Leaf area dynamics of a boreal black spruce fire chronosequence, Tree Physiol., 22(14), 993-1001.
Plant traits of grassland species La Pierre, KJ and Smith, MD. (2015) Functional trait expression of grassland species shift with short- and long-term nutrient additions. Plant Ecology 216: 307 doi:10.1007/s11258-014-0438-4 Plant Traits, Virginia, USA Von Holle, B. and D. Simberloff. 2004. Testing Fox's assembly rule: Does plant invasion depend
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PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants
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Rainfor Leaf Shape, Driptip, Compoundness and Size Database
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Rehabilitating Coastal dune forest Rolo, V., Olivier, P. and van Aarde, R. (2016) Seeded pioneer die-offs reduce the functional trait space of new-growth coastal dune forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 377, 26–35.
Reich-Oleksyn Global Leaf N, P Database Reich, P. B., J. Oleksyn, and I. J. Wright. 2009. Leaf phosphorus influences the photosynthesis- nitrogen relation: a cross-biome analysis of 314 species. Oecologia 160:207-212.
Rhododendron leaf and root economics traits Medeiros, J. S., Burns, J. H., Nicholson, J. , Rogers, L. and Valverde‐ Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
WSR/gradient plant traits
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Root Traits of Grassland Species Smith, S. W., Woodin, S. J., Pakeman, R. J., Johnson, D. and van der Wal, R. (2014), Root traits predict decomposition across a landscape-scale grazing experiment. New Phytologist. Doi:
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