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FunAndes – A functional trait database of Andean plants

  • Selene Báez
  • , Luis Cayuela
  • , Manuel J. Macía
  • , Esteban Álvarez-Dávila
  • , Amira Apaza-Quevedo
  • , Itziar Arnelas
  • , Natalia Baca-Cortes
  • , Guillermo Bañares de Dios
  • , Marijn Bauters
  • , Celina Ben Saadi
  • , Cecilia Blundo
  • , Marian Cabrera
  • , Felipe Castaño
  • , Leslie Cayola
  • , Julia G. de Aledo
  • , Carlos Iván Espinosa
  • , Belén Fadrique
  • , William Farfán-Rios
  • , Alfredo Fuentes
  • , Claudia Garnica-Díaz
  • Mailyn González, Diego González, Isabell Hensen, Ana Belén Hurtado, Oswaldo Jadán, Denis Lippok, M. Isabel Loza, Carla Maldonado, Lucio Malizia, Laura Matas-Granados, Jonathan A. Myers, Natalia Norden, Imma Oliveras Menor, Kerstin Pierick, Hirma Ramírez-Angulo, Beatriz Salgado-Negret, Matthias Schleuning, Miles Silman, María Elena Solarte-Cruz, J. Sebastián Tello, Hans Verbeeck, Emilio Vilanova, Greta Weithmann, Jürgen Homeier
  • Escuela Politécnica Nacional
  • Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
  • Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  • Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
  • Universidad San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca
  • Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
  • Universidad de Nariño
  • Ghent University
  • Instituto de Ecología Regional
  • Universidad Industrial de Santander
  • Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Bolivia
  • Missouri Botanical Garden
  • University of Leeds
  • Washington University St. Louis
  • University of Florida
  • Ministerio de Vivienda, Ciudad y Territorio
  • Colombia
  • Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
  • Morton Arboretum
  • Universidad Nacional de Jujuy
  • Université de Montpellier
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Göttingen
  • Instituto de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo Forestal (Indefor)
  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F)
  • Wake Forest University
  • Wildlife Conservation Society
  • HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts

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Abstract

We introduce the FunAndes database, a compilation of functional trait data for the Andean flora spanning six countries. FunAndes contains data on 24 traits across 2,694 taxa, for a total of 105,466 entries. The database features plant-morphological attributes including growth form, and leaf, stem, and wood traits measured at the species or individual level, together with geographic metadata (i.e., coordinates and elevation). FunAndes follows the field names, trait descriptions and units of measurement of the TRY database. It is currently available in open access in the FIGSHARE data repository, and will be part of TRY’s next release. Open access trait data from Andean plants will contribute to ecological research in the region, the most species rich terrestrial biodiversity hotspot.

Original languageEnglish
Article number511
JournalScientific Data
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2022

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