Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life
Rachael V. Gallagher,Daniel S. Falster,Brian S. Maitner,Roberto Salguero-Gómez,Roberto Salguero-Gómez,Roberto Salguero-Gómez,Vigdis Vandvik,William D. Pearse,Florian D. Schneider,Jens Kattge,Jorrit H. Poelen,Joshua S. Madin,Markus J. Ankenbrand,Caterina Penone,Xiao Feng,Vanessa M. Adams,John Alroy,Samuel C. Andrew,Meghan A. Balk,Lucie M. Bland,Brad Boyle,Catherine H Bravo-Avila,Catherine H Bravo-Avila,Ian G. Brennan,Alexandra J. R. Carthey,Renee A. Catullo,Brittany R. Cavazos,Dalia Amor Conde,Steven L. Chown,Belén Fadrique,Heloise Gibb,Aud H. Halbritter,Jennifer Hammock,J. Aaron Hogan,Hamish Holewa,Michael Hope,Colleen M. Iversen,Malte Jochum,Malte Jochum,Michael R. Kearney,Alexander Keller,Paula M. Mabee,Peter Manning,Luke McCormack,Sean T. Michaletz,Daniel S. Park,Timothy M. Perez,Timothy M. Perez,Silvia Pineda-Munoz,Courtenay A. Ray,Maurizio Rossetto,Maurizio Rossetto,Hervé Sauquet,Hervé Sauquet,Hervé Sauquet,Benjamin Sparrow,Marko J. Spasojevic,Richard J. Telford,Joe Tobias,Cyrille Violle,Ramona Walls,Katherine C. B. Weiss,Mark Westoby,Ian J. Wright,Brian J. Enquist,Brian J. Enquist +65 more
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How adherence to Open Science principles is key to the OTN community is demonstrated and five activities that can accelerate the synthesis of trait data across the Tree of Life are outlined, thereby facilitating rapid advances to address scientific inquiries and environmental issues.Abstract:
Synthesizing trait observations and knowledge across the Tree of Life remains a grand challenge for biodiversity science. Species traits are widely used in ecological and evolutionary science, and new data and methods have proliferated rapidly. Yet accessing and integrating disparate data sources remains a considerable challenge, slowing progress toward a global synthesis to integrate trait data across organisms. Trait science needs a vision for achieving global integration across all organisms. Here, we outline how the adoption of key Open Science principles-open data, open source and open methods-is transforming trait science, increasing transparency, democratizing access and accelerating global synthesis. To enhance widespread adoption of these principles, we introduce the Open Traits Network (OTN), a global, decentralized community welcoming all researchers and institutions pursuing the collaborative goal of standardizing and integrating trait data across organisms. We demonstrate how adherence to Open Science principles is key to the OTN community and outline five activities that can accelerate the synthesis of trait data across the Tree of Life, thereby facilitating rapid advances to address scientific inquiries and environmental issues. Lessons learned along the path to a global synthesis of trait data will provide a framework for addressing similarly complex data science and informatics challenges.read more
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AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds.
Joseph A. Tobias,Catherine Sheard,Alex L. Pigot,Adam J. M. Devenish,Jingyi Yang,Ferran Sayol,Montague H. C. Neate-Clegg,Nico Alioravainen,Thomas L. Weeks,Robert A. Barber,Patrick Walkden,Hannah E. A. MacGregor,Samuel E. I. Jones,Claire Vincent,Anna G. Phillips,Nicola M. Marples,Flavia A. Montaño-Centellas,Victor Leandro-Silva,Santiago Claramunt,Bianca Darski,Benjamin G. Freeman,Tom P. Bregman,Christopher R. Cooney,Emma C. Hughes,Elliot J. R. Capp,Zoë K. Varley,Nicholas R. Friedman,H. Korntheuer,Andrea Corrales-Vargas,Christopher H. Trisos,Brian E. Weeks,Dagmar M. Hanz,Till Töpfer,Gustavo A. Bravo,Vladimír Remeš,Larissa Nowak,Lincoln Silva Carneiro,A. Moncada R.,Beata Matysioková,Daniel T. Baldassarre,Alejandra Martínez-Salinas,Jared D. Wolfe,Philip Chapman,Benjamin G. Daly,Marjorie C. Sorensen,Alexander Neu,Michael A. Ford,Rebekah J. Mayhew,Luís Fábio Silveira,David J. Kelly,Nathaniel N. D. Annorbah,Henry S. Pollock,Ada Grabowska-Zhang,Jay P. McEntee,Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez,Camila G. Meneses,Marcia Muñoz,Luke L. Powell,Gabriel A. Jamie,Thomas J. Matthews,Oscar W. Johnson,Guilherme R. R. Brito,Kristof Zyskowski,Ross Crates,Michael G. Harvey,Maura Jurado Zevallos,Peter A. Hosner,Tom Bradfer-Lawrence,James M. Maley,F. Gary Stiles,Hevana Santana de Lima,Kaiya L. Provost,Moses Chibesa,Mmatjie L. Mashao,Jeffrey T. Howard,Edson Mlamba,Marcus A.H. Chua,Bicheng Li,Maria I. Gómez,Natalia C. García,Martin Päckert,Jérôme Fuchs,Jarome R. Ali,Elizabeth P. Derryberry,Monica L. Carlson,Rolly C. Urriza,Kristin E. Brzeski,Dewi M. Prawiradilaga,Matt J. Rayner,Eliot T. Miller,Rauri C. K. Bowie,René-Marie Lafontaine,R. Paul Scofield,Yingqiang Lou,Lankani Somarathna,Denis Lepage,Marshall Illif,Eike Lena Neuschulz,Mathias Templin,D. Matthias Dehling,Jacob C. Cooper,Olivier S. G. Pauwels,Kangkuso Analuddin,Jon Fjeldså,Nathalie Seddon,Paul R. Sweet,Fabrice DeClerck,Luciano Nicolás Naka,Jeffrey D. Brawn,Alexandre Aleixo,Katrin Böhning-Gaese,Carsten Rahbek,Susanne A. Fritz,Gavin H. Thomas,Matthias Schleuning +114 more
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Global root traits (GRooT) database
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TL;DR: The Global Root Trait Database (GRooT) as mentioned in this paper provides a set of core root traits relevant to the description of plant form and function based on an assessment by experts, maximized species coverage through data standardization within and among traits, and implemented data quality checks.
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