TY - JOUR

T1 - Tundra Trait Team

T2 - A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome

AU - Bjorkman, Anne D.

AU - Myers-Smith, Isla H.

AU - Elmendorf, Sarah C.

AU - Normand, Signe

AU - Thomas, Haydn J.D.

AU - Alatalo, Juha M.

AU - Alexander, Heather

AU - Anadon-Rosell, Alba

AU - Angers-Blondin, Sandra

AU - Bai, Yang

AU - Baruah, Gaurav

AU - te Beest, Mariska

AU - Berner, Logan

AU - Björk, Robert G.

AU - Blok, Daan

AU - Bruelheide, Helge

AU - Buchwal, Agata

AU - Buras, Allan

AU - Carbognani, Michele

AU - Christie, Katherine

AU - Collier, Laura S.

AU - Cooper, Elisabeth J.

AU - Cornelissen, J. Hans C.

AU - Dickinson, Katharine J.M.

AU - Dullinger, Stefan

AU - Elberling, Bo

AU - Eskelinen, Anu

AU - Forbes, Bruce C.

AU - Frei, Esther R.

AU - Iturrate-Garcia, Maitane

AU - Good, Megan K.

AU - Grau, Oriol

AU - Green, Peter

AU - Greve, Michelle

AU - Grogan, Paul

AU - Haider, Sylvia

AU - Hájek, Tomáš

AU - Hallinger, Martin

AU - Happonen, Konsta

AU - Harper, Karen A.

AU - Heijmans, Monique M.P.D.

AU - Henry, Gregory H.R.

AU - Hermanutz, Luise

AU - Hewitt, Rebecca E.

AU - Hollister, Robert D.

AU - Hudson, James

AU - Hülber, Karl

AU - Iversen, Colleen M.

AU - Jaroszynska, Francesca

AU - Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja

AU - Johnstone, Jill

AU - Jorgensen, Rasmus Halfdan

AU - Kaarlejärvi, Elina

AU - Klady, Rebecca

AU - Klimešová, Jitka

AU - Korsten, Annika

AU - Kuleza, Sara

AU - Kulonen, Aino

AU - Lamarque, Laurent J.

AU - Lantz, Trevor

AU - Lavalle, Amanda

AU - Lembrechts, Jonas J.

AU - Lévesque, Esther

AU - Little, Chelsea J.

AU - Luoto, Miska

AU - Macek, Petr

AU - Mack, Michelle C.

AU - Mathakutha, Rabia

AU - Michelsen, Anders

AU - Milbau, Ann

AU - Molau, Ulf

AU - Morgan, John W.

AU - Mörsdorf, Martin Alfons

AU - Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob

AU - Nielsen, Sigrid Schøler

AU - Ninot, Josep M.

AU - Oberbauer, Steven F.

AU - Olofsson, Johan

AU - Onipchenko, Vladimir G.

AU - Petraglia, Alessandro

AU - Pickering, Catherine

AU - Prevéy, Janet S.

AU - Rixen, Christian

AU - Rumpf, Sabine B.

AU - Schaepman-Strub, Gabriela

AU - Semenchuk, Philipp

AU - Shetti, Rohan

AU - Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A.

AU - Spasojevic, Marko J.

AU - Speed, James David Mervyn

AU - Street, Lorna E.

AU - Suding, Katharine

AU - Tape, Ken D.

AU - Tomaselli, Marcello

AU - Trant, Andrew

AU - Treier, Urs A.

AU - Tremblay, Jean Pierre

AU - Tremblay, Maxime

AU - Venn, Susanna

AU - Virkkala, Anna Maria

AU - Vowles, Tage

AU - Weijers, Stef

AU - Wilmking, Martin

AU - Wipf, Sonja

AU - Zamin, Tara

N1 - CENPERMOA[2018]

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - 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 91,970 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, carbon and phosphorus content, leaf C:N and N:P, 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, alpine sites in the European Alps, Colorado Rockies, Caucasus, Ural Mountains, Pyrenees, Australian Alps, and Central Otago Mountains (New Zealand), and sub-Antarctic Marion Island. More than 99% of observations are georeferenced. Time period and grain: All data were collected between 1964 and 2018. 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 978 terrestrial vascular plant species growing in tundra habitats. Most observations are on individuals (86%), while the remainder 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.

AB - 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 91,970 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, carbon and phosphorus content, leaf C:N and N:P, 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, alpine sites in the European Alps, Colorado Rockies, Caucasus, Ural Mountains, Pyrenees, Australian Alps, and Central Otago Mountains (New Zealand), and sub-Antarctic Marion Island. More than 99% of observations are georeferenced. Time period and grain: All data were collected between 1964 and 2018. 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 978 terrestrial vascular plant species growing in tundra habitats. Most observations are on individuals (86%), while the remainder 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.

KW - alpine

KW - Arctic

KW - plant functional traits

KW - tundra

U2 - 10.1111/geb.12821

DO - 10.1111/geb.12821

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85054328144

VL - 27

SP - 1402

EP - 1411

JO - Global Ecology and Biogeography

JF - Global Ecology and Biogeography

SN - 1466-822X

IS - 12

ER -