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Christian König

Researcher at University of Göttingen

Publications -  25
Citations -  2084

Christian König is an academic researcher from University of Göttingen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Taxonomic rank & Species richness. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 23 publications receiving 939 citations. Previous affiliations of Christian König include Humboldt University of Berlin & University of Potsdam.

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TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

Jens Kattge, +754 more
TL;DR: The extent of the trait data compiled in TRY is evaluated and emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness are analyzed to conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements.
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GIFT – A Global Inventory of Floras and Traits for macroecology and biogeography

TL;DR: The Global Inventory of Floras and Traits (GIFT) as discussed by the authors is a taxonomic database of land plants and checklists with functional traits, phylogenetic information, and region-level geographic, environmental and socio-economic data.
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GIFT - A Global Inventory of Floras and Traits for macroecology and biogeography

TL;DR: The structure, content and automated workflows of GIFT and a corresponding web-interface are presented as proof of concept for the feasibility and potential of mobilizing aggregated biodiversity data for global macroecological and biogeographical research.