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TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access
Kattge
,
Jens
,
Bönisch
,
Gerhard
,
Díaz
,
Sandra M.
,
Lavorel
,
Sandra
,
Prentice
,
Iain Colin
,
Leadley
,
Paul W.
,
Tautenhahn
,
Susanne
,
Werner
,
Gijsbert
,
Aakala
,
Tuomas
,
Abedi
,
Mehdi
,
Acosta
,
Alicia Teresa Rosario
,
Adamidis
,
George C.
,
Adamson
,
Kairi
,
Aiba
,
Masahiro
,
Albert
,
Cécile Hélène
,
Alcántara
,
Julio M.
,
Alcázar C
,
Carolina
,
Aleixo
,
Izabela
,
Ali
,
Hamada E.
,
Amiaud
,
Bernard
,
Ammer
,
Christian
,
Amoroso
,
Mariano Martín
,
Anand
,
Madhur
,
Anderson
,
Carolyn G.
,
Anten
,
Niels P.R.
,
Antos
,
Joseph A.
,
Apgaua
,
Deborah Mattos Guimarães
,
Ashman
,
Tia Lynn
,
Asmara
,
Degi Harja
,
Asner
,
Gregory P.
,
Aspinwall
,
Michael J.
,
Atkin
,
Owen K.
,
Aubin
,
Isabelle
,
Baastrup-Spohr
,
Lars
,
Bahalkeh
,
Khadijeh
,
Bahn
,
Michael
,
Baker
,
Timothy R.
,
Baker
,
William J.
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Bakker
,
Jan P.
,
Baldocchi
,
Dennis D.
,
Baltzer
,
Jennifer L.
,
Banerjee
,
Arindam
,
Baranger
,
Anne
,
Barlow
,
Jos B.
,
Barneche
,
Diego R.
,
Baruch
,
Zdravko
,
Bastianelli
,
Denis
,
Battles
,
John J.
,
Bauerle
,
William L.
,
Bauters
,
Marijn
,
Bazzato
,
Erika
,
Beckmann
,
Michael
,
Beeckman
,
Hans
,
Beierkuhnlein
,
Carl
,
Bekker
,
Renée M.
,
Belfry
,
Gavin
,
Belluau
,
Michaël
,
Beloiu Schwenke
,
Mirela
,
Benavides
,
Raquel
,
Benomar
,
Lahcen
,
Berdugo-Lattke
,
Mary Lee
,
Berenguer
,
Erika
,
Bergamin
,
Rodrigo Scarton
,
Bergmann
,
Joana
,
Carlucci
,
Marcos B.
,
Berner
,
Logan T.
,
Bernhardt-Römermann
,
Markus
,
Bigler
,
Christof
,
Bjorkman
,
Anne D.
,
Blackman
,
Chris J.
,
Blanco
,
Carolina Casagrande
,
Blonder
,
Benjamin Wong
,
Blumenthal
,
Dana M.
,
Bocanegra-González
,
Kelly Tatiana
,
Boeckx
,
Pascal
,
Bohlman
,
Stephanie Ann
,
Böhning-Gaese
,
Katrin
,
Boisvert-Marsh
,
Laura
,
Bond
,
William J.
,
Bond-Lamberty
,
Ben P.
,
Boom
,
Arnoud
,
Boonman
,
Coline C.F.
,
Bordin
,
Kauane Maiara
,
Boughton
,
Elizabeth H.
,
Boukili
,
Vanessa K.S.
,
Bowman
,
David M.J.S.
,
Bravo
,
Sandra Josefina
,
Brendel
,
Marco R.
,
Broadley
,
Martin R.
,
Brown
,
Kerry A.
,
Bruelheide
,
Helge
,
Brumnich
,
Federico
,
Bruun
,
Hans Henrik
,
Bruy
,
David
,
Buchanan
,
Serra Willow
,
Bucher
,
Solveig Franziska
,
Buchmann
,
Nina
,
Buitenwerf
,
Robert
,
Bunker
,
Daniel E.
,
Bürger
,
Jana
functional diversity
data coverage
data integration
data representativeness
plant traits
try plant trait database
Mostra 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. © 2019 The Authors. Global Change Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Widespread breakdown in masting in European beech due to rising summer temperatures
Foest
,
Jessie J.
,
Bogdziewicz
,
Michał
,
Pesendorfer
,
Mario B.
,
Ascoli
,
Davide
,
Cutini
,
Andrea
,
Nussbaumer
,
Anita
,
Verstraeten
,
Arne
,
Beudert
,
Burkhard
,
Chianucci
,
Francesco
,
Mezzavilla
,
Francesco
,
Gratzer
,
Georg
,
Kunstler
,
Georges
,
Meesenburg
,
H.
,
Wagner
,
Markus
,
Mund
,
Martina
,
Cools
,
Nathalie
,
Vacek
,
Stanislav
,
Schmidt
,
Wolfgang
,
Vacek
,
Zdeněk Ck
,
Hacket-Pain
,
Andrew J.
Mostra abstract
Climate change effects on tree reproduction are poorly understood, even though the resilience of populations relies on sufficient regeneration to balance increasing rates of mortality. Forest-forming tree species often mast, i.e. reproduce through synchronised year-to-year variation in seed production, which improves pollination and reduces seed predation. Recent observations in European beech show, however, that current climate change can dampen interannual variation and synchrony of seed production and that this masting breakdown drastically reduces the viability of seed crops. Importantly, it is unclear under which conditions masting breakdown occurs and how widespread breakdown is in this pan-European species. Here, we analysed 50 long-term datasets of population-level seed production, sampled across the distribution of European beech, and identified increasing summer temperatures as the general driver of masting breakdown. Specifically, increases in site-specific mean maximum temperatures during June and July were observed across most of the species range, while the interannual variability of population-level seed production (CVp) decreased. The declines in CVp were greatest, where temperatures increased most rapidly. Additionally, the occurrence of crop failures and low seed years has decreased during the last four decades, signalling altered starvation effects of masting on seed predators. Notably, CVp did not vary among sites according to site mean summer temperature. Instead, masting breakdown occurs in response to warming local temperatures (i.e. increasing relative temperatures), such that the risk is not restricted to populations growing in warm average conditions. As lowered CVp can reduce viable seed production despite the overall increase in seed count, our results warn that a covert mechanism is underway that may hinder the regeneration potential of European beech under climate change, with great potential to alter forest functioning and community dynamics. © 2024 The Authors. Global Change Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.