Tundra trait team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome

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dc.contributor.authorBjorkman, Anne D.
dc.contributor.authorMyers-Smith, Isla H.
dc.contributor.authorElmendorf, Sarah C.
dc.contributor.authorNormand, Signe
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Haydn J. D.
dc.contributor.authorAlatalo, Juha M.
dc.contributor.authorAlexander, Heather
dc.contributor.authorAnadon-Rosell, Alba
dc.contributor.authorAngers-Blondin, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorBai, Yang
dc.contributor.authorBaruah, Gaurav
dc.contributor.authorte Beest, Mariska
dc.contributor.authorBerner, Logan
dc.contributor.authorBjörk, Robert G.
dc.contributor.authorBlok, Daan
dc.contributor.authorBruelheide, Helge
dc.contributor.authorBuchwal, Agata
dc.contributor.authorBuras, Allan
dc.contributor.authorCarbognani, Michele
dc.contributor.authorChristie, Katherine
dc.contributor.authorCollier, Laura S.
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Elisabeth J.
dc.contributor.authorCornelissen, J. Hans C.
dc.contributor.authorDickinson, Katharine J. M.
dc.contributor.authorDullinger, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorElberling, Bo
dc.contributor.authorEskelinen, Anu
dc.contributor.authorForbes, Bruce C.
dc.contributor.authorFrei, Esther R.
dc.contributor.authorIturrate-Garcia, Maitane
dc.contributor.authorGood, Megan K.
dc.contributor.authorGrau, Oriol
dc.contributor.authorGreen, Peter
dc.contributor.authorGreve, Michelle
dc.contributor.authorGrogan, Paul
dc.contributor.authorHaider, Sylvia
dc.contributor.authorHájek, Tomáš
dc.contributor.authorHallinger, Martin
dc.contributor.authorHapponen, Konsta
dc.contributor.authorHarper, Karen A.
dc.contributor.authorHeijmans, Monique M. P. D.
dc.contributor.authorHenry, Gregory H. R.
dc.contributor.authorHermanutz, Luise
dc.contributor.authorHewitt, Rebecca E.
dc.contributor.authorHollister, Robert D.
dc.contributor.authorHudson, James
dc.contributor.authorHülber, Karl
dc.contributor.authorIversen, Colleen M.
dc.contributor.authorJaroszynska, Francesca
dc.contributor.authorJiménez-Alfaro, Borja
dc.contributor.authorJohnstone, Jill
dc.contributor.authorJorgensen, Rasmus Halfdan
dc.contributor.authorKaarlejärvi, Elina
dc.contributor.authorKlady, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorKlimešová, Jitka
dc.contributor.authorKorsten, Annika
dc.contributor.authorKuleza, Sara
dc.contributor.authorKulonen, Aino
dc.contributor.authorLamarque, Laurent J.
dc.contributor.authorLantz, Trevor C.
dc.contributor.authorLavalle, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorLembrechts, Jonas J.
dc.contributor.authorLévesque, Esther
dc.contributor.authorLittle, Chelsea J.
dc.contributor.authorLuoto, Miska
dc.contributor.authorMacek, Petr
dc.contributor.authorMack, Michelle C.
dc.contributor.authorMathakutha, Rabia
dc.contributor.authorMichelsen, Anders
dc.contributor.authorMilbau, Ann
dc.contributor.authorMolau, Ulf
dc.contributor.authorMorgan, John W.
dc.contributor.authorMörsdorf, Martin Alfons
dc.contributor.authorNabe-Nielsen, Jacob
dc.contributor.authorNielsen, Sigrid Schøler
dc.contributor.authorNinot, Josep M.
dc.contributor.authorOberbauer, Steven F.
dc.contributor.authorOlofsson, Johan
dc.contributor.authorOnipchenko, Vladimir G.
dc.contributor.authorPetraglia, Alessandro
dc.contributor.authorPickering, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorPrevéy, Janet S.
dc.contributor.authorRixen, Christian
dc.contributor.authorRumpf, Sabine B.
dc.contributor.authorSchaepman-Strub, Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorSemenchuk, Philipp
dc.contributor.authorShetti, Rohan
dc.contributor.authorSoudzilovskaia, Nadejda A.
dc.contributor.authorSpasojevic, Marko J.
dc.contributor.authorSpeed, James David Mervyn
dc.contributor.authorStreet, Lorna E.
dc.contributor.authorSuding, Katharine
dc.contributor.authorTape, Ken D.
dc.contributor.authorTomaselli, Marcello
dc.contributor.authorTrant, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorTreier, Urs A.
dc.contributor.authorTremblay, Jean-Pierre
dc.contributor.authorTremblay, Maxime
dc.contributor.authorVenn, Susanna
dc.contributor.authorVirkkala, Anna-Maria
dc.contributor.authorVowles, Tage
dc.contributor.authorWeijers, Stef
dc.contributor.authorWilmking, Martin
dc.contributor.authorWipf, Sonja
dc.contributor.authorZamin, Tara
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-11T21:12:31Z
dc.date.available2025-09-11T21:12:31Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractMotivation 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.
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dc.description.scholarlevelFaculty
dc.description.sponsorshipADB was supported by an iDiv postdoctoral fellowship and The Danish Council for Independent Research - Natural Sciences (DFF 4181-00565 to SN). ADB, IHM-S, HJDT and SAB were funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (ShrubTundra Project NE/M016323/1 to IHM-S) and SN by the Villum Foundation’s Young Investigator Programme (VKR023456). HJDT was also funded by a NERC doctoral training partnership grant (NE/L002558/1). DB was supported by The Swedish Research Council (2015-00465) and Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions co-funding (INCA 600398). RDH was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation. JSP was supported by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. AB was supported by EU-F7P INTERACT (262693) and MOBILITY PLUS (1072/MOB/2013/0). CMI was supported by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research in the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science as part of the Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments in the Arctic (NGEE Arctic) project. JJ, PG, GHRH, KAH, LSC and TZ were supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. GHRH, LSC and LH were supported by ArcticNet. GHRH, and LSC were also supported by the Northern Scientific Training Program. GHRH was additionally supported by the Polar Continental Shelf Program. JN-N was supported by the Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University. AAR, OG and JMN were supported by the Spanish OAPN (project 534S/2012) and European INTERACT project (262693 Transnational Access). GS-S and MI-G were supported by the University of Zurich Research Priority Program on Global Change and Biodiversity. VGO was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (#14-50-00029). ERF was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (#155554). SSN was supported by the Carlsberg Foundation (2013-01-0825), The Danish Council for Independent Research - Natural Sciences (DFF 4181-00565) and the Villum Foundation (VKR023456). JDMS was supported by the Research Council of Norway (262064). JMA was supported by the Carl Tryggers stiftelse för vetenskaplig forskning. AE was supported by the Academy of Finland (projects 253385 and 297191). PM and TH were supported by the Czech Science Foundation 17-20839S and MSMT LM2015078. MG and RM were supported by the South African National Research Fund SANAP Grant 110734. REH and MCM were supported by the National Science Foundation (award #1504312). JJL received funding from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) through a personal grant. EK was supported by Swedish Research Council (2015-00498). BE and A Michelsen were supported by the Danish National Research Foundation (CENPERM DNRF100).
dc.identifier.citationBjorkman, A. D., Myers‐Smith, I. H., Elmendorf, S. C., Normand, S., Thomas, H. J. D., Alatalo, J. M., Alexander, H., Anadon‐Rosell, A., Angers‐Blondin, S., Bai, Y., Baruah, G., Beest, M. T., Berner, L., Björk, R. G., Blok, D., Bruelheide, H., Buchwal, A., Buras, A., Carbognani, M., . . . Zamin, T. (2018). Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(12), 1402–1411. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12821
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12821
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/22761
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherGlobal Ecology and Biogeography
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectalpine
dc.subjectArctic
dc.subjectplant functional traits
dc.subjecttundra
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Environmental Studies
dc.titleTundra trait team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome
dc.typeArticle

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