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FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database
<p><span>FLAMITS database</span> contains 19,972 records of 40 flammability variables (classified according to the measured component of flammability). For each record, relevant details of the flammability experiment are included, such as the burning device, the ignition source, and the burned plant part. In addition, FLAMITS compiles taxonomic and functional data of the studied species and information on the study site (locality, geographic coordinates, biome, biogeographic realm, and fire activity). We compiled data from 295 studies located in 39 countries and distributed across 12 biomes worldwide over the last 62.5 years (1961 to 15th May 2023). The dataset has 1790 plant taxa from 186 families, 833 genera, and 1790 species.</p>
OctocoralTraits: a global database of trait information for octocoral species
<p>The OctocoralTraits_v2_2 ZIP file contains structured data and code to create all figures from the manuscript: “The Octocoral Trait Database: a global database of trait information for octocoral species”. The folder also contains the code used to validate the data descriptor.</p> <p>Specifically, the folder contains the following files:</p> <p>· Code.R – This is the annotated code used to create all figures in R. (v R studio; 2023.06.0+421)</p> <p>· OctocoralTraits_v2_2.csv – This is the first data realase of the octocoral trait database, used to create all figures of the manuscript.</p> <p>· sp_id.csv – This is a file containing the list of accepted octocoral species contained in the database</p> <p>· iqtree.tre – This is a tree object used to create a family-resolved tree of octocorals. It has been downloaded from McFadden et al. 2022. Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics</p> <p>· MEOW folder – A folder containing regional information from Spalding et al. 2007. Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas</p> <p>· Provinces_coord.csv: A file containing the coordinates of marine provinces, also derived from Spalding et al. 2007</p> <p>· Table_ids folder - A folder containing tables with information of the corresponding ids that appear in the file database.</p> <p>· Validation folder: A folder containing a Technical_validation.R file that was used to flag outliers and extreme outliers, duplicated rows and potential structural errors in the data (e.g., a given observation_id linked to more than one resource, species or location). </p>
Avoiding growing pains in reproductive trait databases: the curse of dimensionality
<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Reproductive output features prominently in many trait databases, but the metrics describing it vary and are often untethered to temporal- and volumetric-dimensions (e.g., fecundity-per-bout). Using such ambiguous reproductive measures to make broadscale comparisons across taxonomic groups will only be meaningful if they show a 1:1 relationship with a reproductive measure that explicitly includes both a volumetric and temporal component (i.e., reproductive mass-per-year). We sought to map the prevalence of ambiguous and explicit reproductive measures across taxa, and explore their relationships with one another to determine the cross-compatibility and utility of reproductive metrics in trait databases.</p> <p><strong>Location: </strong>Global.</p> <p><strong>Time period: </strong>1990-2021.</p> <p><strong>Major taxa studied:</strong> We searched for reproductive measures across all Metazoa, and identified 19,785 Chordata species, along with 440 species of Arthropoda, Cnidaria, or Mollusca.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> We included 37 databases from which we summarised the commonality of reproductive metrics across taxonomic groups. We also quantified scaling relationships between ambiguous reproductive traits (fecundity-per-bout, fecundity-per-year and reproductive mass-per-bout) and an explicit measure (reproductive mass per-year) to assess their cross-compatibility.</p> <p><strong>Results: </strong>Most species were missing at least one temporal or volumetric dimension of reproductive output, such that reproductive mass-per-year could be reconstructed for only 4,786 vertebrate species. Ambiguous reproductive measures were poor predictors of reproductive mass-per-year – in no instance did these measures scale at 1:1.</p> <p><strong>Main Conclusions:</strong> Ambiguous measures systematically misestimate reproductive mass-per-year. Until more data are collected, we suggest authors use the clade-specific scaling relationships provided here to convert ambiguous reproductive measures to reproductive mass-per-year. </p>
SurEau database : A database of hydraulic and stomatal traits for modelling drought resistance in plants
<p>This file contains a database of hydraulic and stomatal traits that accompanies the paper untitled "Pant resistance to drought relies on timely stomatal closure" publish in Ecology Letters. This database was used to built the Figure of this manuscript.</p> <p>> The first page ("Stem_VCurves") contains the parameter of vulnerability curve to embolism for 150 species. Family, genus and species names as well as original reference are provided.</p> <p>> The second page ("Pgs90") contains a first proxy for the water potential causing stomatal closure, it is the value of water potential causing 90% stomatal closure computed from gs versus water potential. Family, genus and species names as well as original reference are provided.</p> <p>> The third page (Ptlp) contains a second proxy for the water potential causing stomatal closure, it is the turgor loss point computed from pressure volume curves. Family, genus and species names as well as original reference are provided.</p> <p>> The fourth page (ALL) contains all the three previous pages together, allowing to reconstruct Figure 1.</p> <p>> The fifth page (PitlpAdultSeedlings) contains values of turgor loss point for adults and seedilngs for 15 species.</p> <p>> The sixth page (P50AdultSeedlings) contains values of embolism resistance for adults and seedilngs for 14 species.</p> <p>> The seventh page (Emin) contains values of minimum (i.e. cuticular) conductance and minimum transpiration for 33 species as well as embolism resistance values for theese species.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
A trait database for Phytoplankton of temperate lakes: numerical file
<p>Phytoplankton is a choice ecological indicator of lake ecological quality. Microalgae composing this biological compartment display a large diversity of morphological, physiological and ecological features, which are useful for understanding the interactions they have with other biotic and abiotic elements. Such kind of information together with classical Utermöhl phytoplankton analyses are useful for lake management and basic science. We present here a reference database of morphological (cell and colony sizes, biovolumes, mobility apparatus, colony formation), functional (functional groups of Reynolds, Padisak and Kruk, zooplankton edibility groups), physiological (trophic capacities) and ecological traits (Brettum index values) of more than 1200 taxa often observed in temperate lakes. This database, maintained since the 70’s until nowadays is now realized open access. A scientific paper associated to this database presents an overview of its content.</p>
BROT Database: Plant trait data for Mediterranean Basin species: BROT: plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species (BROT 2013.06)
The plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species (BROT) is available as a published version (BROT version 2008.11) which corresponds to the original database finalized in November 2008 and published in Ecology 90 (2009). Reference: Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420. The data imported to EOL are based on the online version which is an extended (more data and more traits) and updated version of the original one. Note that the use of this online version requires to quote both the original (published) and the online version. Reference: Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06. URL: <p></p>http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm<p></p>Based on Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06. URL: <p></p>http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
MammalBase — Database of traits, measurements and diets of the species in class Mammalia
<p><strong>MammalBase is a database of traits, measurements and diets of the species in class Mammalia. It also provides Proximate Analysis data for several diet items.</strong></p> <p><strong>MammalBase aims to provide general information on mammals for broad-scale analyses in Macroecology, Palaeontology and mammalian Community structures.</strong></p> <p><strong>The database is maintained at the Natural Sciences Unit of the Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS — a research institution under the University of Helsinki in Finland.</strong></p>
Avoiding growing pains in reproductive trait databases: the curse of dimensionality
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Morphological trait database of saproxylic beetles
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SpiderATLAS: A database of spider traits and distributions in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
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TraitAM, a global spore trait database for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
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FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database
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Data from: PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database for palms worldwide
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Ecological traits of the world's primates database
<p>Here we present a database on some important ecological traits of the world’s primates, including home range size, locomotion type, diel activity, trophic guild, body mass, habitat type, current conservation status, population trend, and geographic realm. We compiled this information through a review of 1216 studies published between 1941 and 2018, resulting in a comprehensive, easily accessible and user-friendly database.</p>
Data from: Life-history trait database of European reptile species
Life-history data are essential for providing answers to a wide range of questions in evolution, ecology, and conservation biology. While life history data for many species, especially plants, are available online, life history traits of European reptiles are available only widely scattered in different languages and primarily in printed media. For this reason, we generated a comprehensive trait database covering all European reptile species. Data were compiled by searching the peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed literature. The database covers the whole of Europe and neighbouring Asian and African countries. Traits were categorised under five main headings: Activity / Energy / Habitat; Phenology; Movement; Sexual Maturity; and Morphometry. To ensure that the data were standardised, we defined trait data categories before we started compiling data. All entries were checked by at least one other person. The dataset provides a unique source for meta-analyses and modelling in ecology and conservation biology.
Invasive traits of freshwater fish database (ITOFF)
<p>ITOFF unifies data on life-history traits, interactions, and taxonomies of invasive freshwater fish, those species they endanger, and species known to be impacted by invasive species but not at risk of extinction. These data provide the opportunity to improve current understanding of factors that promote invasive success or increase susceptibility to invasion in critically threatened freshwater ecosystems.</p>
Supplementary material 2 from: Grimm A, Ramírez AMP, Moulherat S, Reynaud J, Henle K (2014) Life-history trait database of European reptile species. Nature Conservation 9: 45-67. https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.9.8908
Comments on taxonomy and species coverage: Explanation note: The supplementary material consists of several tables that explain differences between our updated list of species names to the lists used by Sillero et al. (2014) in their new SEH list of species and the list of Speybroeck et al. (2010).
Supplementary material 1 from: Grimm A, Ramírez AMP, Moulherat S, Reynaud J, Henle K (2014) Life-history trait database of European reptile species. Nature Conservation 9: 45-67. https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.9.8908
Species names used in our database and used in the Societas Europaea Herpetologica (SEH) atlas: Explanation note: The table matches the species names in the SEH atlas with the updated speceis names used in our database. It thus provides the two species list that can be used to search the database.
Database to the Designing of an early selection morphological traits index for reproductive efficiency
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Body length trait values from the BETSI database, on all Collembola species, all literature sources, requested on 01-06-2017
<p><strong>This table gathers 'Body length' trait values extracted from the BETSI database, on all Collembola species, all literature sources, on 01/06/2017 (DD/MM/YYYY).</strong><br> <br> The BETSI database hosts soil invertebrates trait data.<br> The BETSI database is available here: <a href="http://betsi.cesab.org">http://betsi.cesab.org</a><br> The BETSI database is regularly updated. Please follow the link and contact its administrators if you want to obtain the most up-to-date data ; or contact the dataset's author if you need information on how to use the present dataset.</p> <p><br> <strong>Information in this table</strong><br> <em>BETSI coder</em>: First name and family name of the person that provided the trait value and uploaded it into the BETSI database<br> <em>Collembola species</em>: Collembola species name, taxonomy according to Fauna Europaea<br> <em>Body length value</em>: Trait value, in mm<br> <em>Literature source</em>: Literature source in which the trait value was collected by the BETSI coder<br> <br> This dataset was created, used, and shared with the approval of all concerned BETSI coders (data collectors) and administrators (data managers).</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>If you aim to re-use this dataset:</strong><br> <br> - please cite <strong>Bonfanti et al. (2018) <em>Functional ecology </em></strong><a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13194">https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13194</a>, study for which this dataset was originally requested and compiled ;<br> - please give appropriate credit to the concerned BETSI coders and administrators, BETSI database project, and to the authors of the literature sources mentioned in the dataset.</p>
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