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AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora
Scientific Data, Vol.8(1), pp.1-20
30/09/2021
PMID: 34593819
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Abstract
We introduce the AusTraits database - a compilation of values of plant traits for taxa in the Australian flora (hereafter AusTraits). AusTraits synthesises data on 448 traits across 28,640 taxa from field campaigns, published literature, taxonomic monographs, and individual taxon descriptions. Traits vary in scope from physiological measures of performance (e.g. photosynthetic gas exchange, water-use efficiency) to morphological attributes (e.g. leaf area, seed mass, plant height) which link to aspects of ecological variation. AusTraits contains curated and harmonised individual- and species-level measurements coupled to, where available, contextual information on site properties and experimental conditions. This article provides information on version 3.0.2 of AusTraits which contains data for 997,808 trait-by-taxon combinations. We envision AusTraits as an ongoing collaborative initiative for easily archiving and sharing trait data, which also provides a template for other national or regional initiatives globally to fill persistent gaps in trait knowledge.
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- AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora
- Creators
- Daniel Falster - Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia. daniel.falster@unsw.edu.auRachael Gallagher - Macquarie UniversityElizabeth H Wenk - UNSW AustraliaIan J Wright - Department of Biological SciencesDony Indiarto - UNSW AustraliaSamuel C Andrew - CSIRO Land and WaterCaitlan Baxter - UNSW AustraliaJames Lawson - NSW Department of Primary IndustriesStuart Allen - Macquarie UniversityAnne Fuchs - Centre for Australian National Biodiversity ResearchAnna Monro - Centre for Australian National Biodiversity ResearchFonti Kar - UNSW AustraliaMark A Adams - Swinburne University of TechnologyCollin W Ahrens - Western Sydney UniversityMatthew Alfonzetti - Macquarie UniversityTara Angevin - La Trobe UniversityDeborah M G Apgaua - Centre for Rainforest Studies, School for Field Studies, Yungaburra, Queensland, 4872, AustraliaStefan Arndt - University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaOwen K Atkin - The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaJoe Atkinson - UNSW AustraliaTony Auld - NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, Parramatta, AustraliaAndrew Baker - Southern Cross UniversityMaria von Balthazar - Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaAnthony Bean - Queensland Herbarium, Toowong, AustraliaChris J Blackman - University of Tasmania, Hobart, AustraliaKeith Bloomfield - Imperial College, London, United KingdomDavid M J S Bowman - University of Tasmania, Hobart, AustraliaJason Bragg - University of New South WalesTimothy J Brodribb - University of Tasmania, Hobart, AustraliaGenevieve Buckton - James Cook University, Douglas, AustraliaGeoff Burrows - Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, AustraliaElizabeth Caldwell - School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, AustraliaJames Camac - Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaRaymond Carpenter - University of Adelaide, Adelaide, AustraliaJane A Catford - King's College London, London, United KingdomGregory R Cawthray - University of Western Australia, Crawley, AustraliaLucas A Cernusak - College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, AustraliaGregory Chandler - Department of Agriculture, Sydney, AustraliaAlex R Chapman - Western Australian Herbarium, Keiran McNamara Conservation Science Centre, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia, Kensington, AustraliaDavid Cheal - Centre for Environmental Management, School of Health & Life Sciences, Federation University, Mount Helen, AustraliaAlexander W Cheesman - James Cook University, Douglas, AustraliaSi-Chong Chen - Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, Kew, United KingdomBrendan Choat - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, AustraliaBrook Clinton - Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (a joint venture between Parks Australia and CSIRO), Canberra, ACT, AustraliaPeta L Clode - University of Western AustraliaHelen Coleman - Western Australian Herbarium, Keiran McNamara Conservation Science Centre, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia, Kensington, AustraliaWilliam K Cornwell - Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaMeredith Cosgrove - The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaMichael Crisp - The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaErika Cross - Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, AustraliaKristine Y Crous - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, AustraliaSaul Cunningham - Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaTimothy Curran - Lincoln University, Lincoln, New ZealandEllen Curtis - University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaMatthew I Daws - Environment Department, Alcoa of Australia, Huntly, Western Australia, AustraliaJane L DeGabriel - School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Douglas, AustraliaMatthew D Denton - School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, AustraliaNing Dong - Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaPengzhen Du - Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, ChinaHonglang Duan - Institute for Forest Resources & Environment of Guizhou, Guizhou University, Guiyang, ChinaDavid H Duncan - University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaRichard P Duncan - Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT, 2617, Canberra, AustraliaMarco Duretto - National Herbarium of New South Wales, Australian Institute of Botanical Science, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, AustraliaJohn M Dwyer - School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, AustraliaCheryl Edwards - Melbourne Water, Melbourne, AustraliaManuel Esperon-Rodriguez - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, AustraliaJohn R Evans - The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaSusan E Everingham - Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaClaire Farrell - University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaJennifer Firn - Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaCarlos Roberto Fonseca - Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Natal - RN, BrazilBen J French - University of Tasmania, Hobart, AustraliaDoug Frood - Pathways Bushland and Environment Consultancy, Sydney, AustraliaJennifer L Funk - Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, USASonya R Geange - The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaOula Ghannoum - Western Sydney UniversitySean M Gleason - USDA-ARS, WMSRU, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80526, USACarl R Gosper - Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Kensington, WA, AustraliaEmma Gray - Department of Biological SciencesPhilip K Groom - Curtin University, Bentley, AustraliaSaskia Grootemaat - Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaCaroline Gross - University of New England, Armidale, AustraliaGreg Guerin - Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, The School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, AustraliaLydia Guja - Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (a joint venture between Parks Australia and CSIRO), Canberra, ACT, AustraliaAmy K Hahs - School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaMatthew Tom Harrison - Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, AustraliaPatrick E Hayes - University of Western Australia, Crawley, AustraliaMartin Henery - arks Australia, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Hobart, AustraliaDieter Hochuli - School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, AustraliaJocelyn Howell - Berowa NSW, Berowa, AustraliaGuomin Huang - Nanchang Institute of Technology, Nanchang, ChinaLesley Hughes - Macquarie UniversityJohn Huisman - Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Kensington, Western Australia, AustraliaJugoslav Ilic - University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaAshika Jagdish - Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaDaniel Jin - School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, AustraliaGregory Jordan - University of Tasmania, Hobart, AustraliaEnrique Jurado - Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, San Nicolás de los Garza, MexicoJohn Kanowski - Australian Wildlife Conservancy, Sydney, AustraliaSabine Kasel - University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaJürgen Kellermann - State Herbarium of South Australia, Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium, Hackney Road, Adelaide, SA, 5000, AustraliaBelinda Kenny - NSW Rural Fire Service, Sydney, AustraliaMichele Kohout - Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, AustraliaRobert M Kooyman - Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaMartyna M Kotowska - Department of Plant Ecology and Ecosystems Research, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, GermanyHao Ran Lai - University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New ZealandEtienne Laliberté - Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Université de Montréal, 4101 Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, H1X 2B2, CanadaHans Lambers - University of Western Australia, Crawley, AustraliaByron B Lamont - Curtin University, Bentley, AustraliaRobert Lanfear - Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaFrank van Langevelde - Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The NetherlandsDaniel C Laughlin - Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USABree-Anne Laugier-Kitchener - Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaSusan Laurance - James Cook University, Douglas, AustraliaCaroline E R Lehmann - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United KingdomAndrea Leigh - University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaMichelle R Leishman - Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaTanja Lenz - Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaBrendan Lepschi - Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (a joint venture between Parks Australia and CSIRO), Canberra, ACT, AustraliaJames D Lewis - Fordham University, New York City, NY, USAFelix Lim - AMAP (Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations), Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Montpellier, FranceUdayangani Liu - Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, Kew, United KingdomJanice Lord - University of Otago, Dunedin, New ZealandChristopher H Lusk - Environmental Research Institute, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New ZealandCate Macinnis-Ng - University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandHannah McPherson - National Herbarium of New South Wales, Australian Institute of Botanical Science, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, AustraliaSusana Magallón - Laboratorio Nacional de Ciencias de la Sostenibilidad, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, MexicoAnthony Manea - Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaAndrea López-Martinez - Laboratorio Nacional de Ciencias de la Sostenibilidad, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, MexicoMargaret Mayfield - School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, AustraliaJames K McCarthy - Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, Lincoln, 7640, New ZealandTrevor Meers - Cumberland Ecology, Cumberland, AustraliaMarlien van der Merwe - Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience, Australian Institute of Botanical Science, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, AustraliaDaniel J Metcalfe - CSIROPer Milberg - Linkoping University, Linkoping, SwedenKarel Mokany - CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, AustraliaAngela T Moles - Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaBen D Moore - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, AustraliaNicholas Moore - La Trobe University, Bundoora, AustraliaJohn W Morgan - La Trobe University, Bundoora, AustraliaWilliam Morris - University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaAnnette Muir - Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, AustraliaSamantha Munroe - Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, The School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, AustraliaÁine Nicholson - University of Tasmania, Hobart, AustraliaDean Nicolle - Currency Creek Arboretum, Currency Creek, AustraliaAdrienne B Nicotra - The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaÜlo Niinemets - Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, EstoniaTom North - Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (a joint venture between Parks Australia and CSIRO), Canberra, ACT, AustraliaAndrew O'Reilly-Nugent - Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, ACT, 2617, Canberra, AustraliaOdhran S O'Sullivan - Leistershire County Council, Leicester, United KingdomBrad Oberle - Division of Natural Sciences, New College of Florida, Sarasota, USAYusuke Onoda - Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanMark K J Ooi - Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, UNSW, Sydney, AustraliaColin P Osborne - University of Sheffield, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, Sheffield, United KingdomGrazyna Paczkowska - Western Australian Herbarium, Keiran McNamara Conservation Science Centre, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia, Kensington, AustraliaBurak Pekin - Istanbul Technical University, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul, TurkeyCaio Guilherme Pereira - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USACatherine Pickering - School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Brisbane, AustraliaMelinda Pickup - Greening Australia, Brisbane, AustraliaLaura J Pollock - Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, CanadaPieter Poot - College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, AustraliaJeff R Powell - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, AustraliaSally A Power - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, AustraliaIain Colin Prentice - Imperial College, London, United KingdomLynda Prior - University of Tasmania, Hobart, AustraliaSuzanne M Prober - CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, AustraliaJennifer Read - School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, AustraliaVictoria Reynolds - School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, AustraliaAnna E Richards - CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, AustraliaBen Richardson - Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia, Kensington, AustraliaMichael L Roderick - The Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaJulieta A Rosell - Laboratorio Nacional de Ciencias de la Sostenibilidad, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, MexicoMaurizio Rossetto - National Herbarium of New South Wales, Australian Institute of Botanical Science, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, AustraliaBarbara Rye - Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia, Kensington, AustraliaPaul D Rymer - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, AustraliaMichael A Sams - School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, AustraliaGordon Sanson - School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, AustraliaHervé Sauquet - National Herbarium of New South Wales, Australian Institute of Botanical Science, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, AustraliaSusanne Schmidt - School of Agriculture and Food Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, AustraliaJürg Schönenberger - Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaErnst-Detlef Schulze - Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, GermanyKerrie Sendall - Rider University, Lawrence Township, Lawrenceville, NJ, USASteve Sinclair - Department of Plant Ecology and Ecosystems Research, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, GermanyBenjamin Smith - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, AustraliaRenee Smith - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, AustraliaFiona Soper - McGill University, Montreal, CanadaBen Sparrow - Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, The School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, AustraliaRachel J Standish - Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, AustraliaTimothy L Staples - ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef StudiesRuby Stephens - Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaChristopher Szota - University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaGuy Taseski - Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaElizabeth Tasker - NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, Parramatta, AustraliaFreya Thomas - University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaDavid T Tissue - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, AustraliaMark G Tjoelker - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, AustraliaDavid Yue Phin Tng - Centre for Rainforest Studies, School for Field Studies, Yungaburra, Queensland, 4872, AustraliaFélix de Tombeur - TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Gembloux, BelgiumKyle Tomlinson - Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, Yunnan, ChinaNeil C Turner - University of Western Australia, Crawley, AustraliaErik J Veneklaas - University of Western Australia, Crawley, AustraliaSusanna Venn - Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, AustraliaPeter Vesk - University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaCarolyn Vlasveld - School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, AustraliaMaria S Vorontsova - Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, Kew, United KingdomCharles A Warren - School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, AustraliaNigel Warwick - University of New England, Armidale, AustraliaLasantha K Weerasinghe - Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, 20400, Sri LankaJessie Wells - School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, AustraliaMark Westoby - Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaMatthew White - Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, AustraliaNicholas S G Williams - University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaJarrah Wills - School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, AustraliaPeter G Wilson - National Herbarium of NSW and Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, AustraliaColin Yates - Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Kensington, WA, AustraliaAmy E Zanne - Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33146 USA, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20052, USAGraham Zemunik - University of Western Australia, Crawley, AustraliaKasia Ziemińska - AMAP (Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations), Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Scientific Data, Vol.8(1), pp.1-20
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- Nature Publishing Group
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- DE170100208 / Department of Education and Training | Australian Research Council (ARC) FT160100113 / Department of Education and Training | Australian Research Council (ARC)
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