TRY plant trait database–enhanced coverage and open access

J Kattge, G Bönisch, S Díaz, S Lavorel… - Global change …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect …

To harness traits for ecology, let's abandon 'functionality'

RP Streit, DR Bellwood - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023‏ - cell.com
Traits are measurable features of organisms. Functional traits aspire to more. They quantify
an organism's ecology and, ultimately, predict ecosystem functions based on local …

Global abundance estimates for 9,700 bird species

CT Callaghan, S Nakagawa, WK Cornwell - Proceedings of the National …, 2021‏ - pnas.org
Quantifying the abundance of species is essential to ecology, evolution, and conservation.
The distribution of species abundances is fundamental to numerous longstanding questions …

[HTML][HTML] Remote sensing in urban planning: Contributions towards ecologically sound policies?

T Wellmann, A Lausch, E Andersson, S Knapp… - Landscape and urban …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Remote sensing has evolved to become a key tool for various fields of environmental
analysis, thus actively informing policy across areas and domains. To evaluate the degree to …

Animal functional traits: Towards a trait‐based ecology for whole ecosystems

M Schleuning, D García, JA Tobias - Functional Ecology, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Functional traits and associated trait‐based concepts have driven rapid innovation in
ecology over recent years, with most progress based on insights from plants. However …

Global root traits (GRooT) database

NR Guerrero‐Ramírez, L Mommer… - Global Ecology and …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Motivation Trait data are fundamental to the quantitative description of plant form and
function. Although root traits capture key dimensions related to plant responses to changing …

Identifying direct and indirect associations among traits by merging phylogenetic comparative methods and structural equation models

JT Thorson, AA Maureaud, R Frelat… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Traits underlie organismal responses to their environment and are essential to predict
community responses to environmental conditions under global change. Species differ in life …