LEDA_df: *LEDA_df* : local (partial) copy of the LEDA traitbase...

In GioBo/TR8: A Tool for Downloading Functional Traits Data for Plant Species

LEDA_df : local (partial) copy of the LEDA traitbase website.

Description

This data.frame includes a local copy of (some) of the parameters available on the LEDA website; up to now only few functional traits were taken into account. Hopefully the database will be extendend in the following releases of the package. Please refer to http://www.leda-traitbase.org/LEDAportal/plantTraits.jsp for a detailed explanation of the traits availabe (definitions, units of measure, etc...) in LEDA.

Format

A data frame containing traits data for 8309 species.

SBS.name

species name as used in LEDA

canopy_height.m

: canopy hight expressed in meters

mean.SLA..mm.2.mg.

: mean value for specific leaf area expressed in mm^2 mm^-1

mean.SM..mg.

: seed mass in g

plant.growth.form

: plant growth form

dispersal.type

: dispersal type categories

acceptedname

: accepted name according to TNRS

seed_longevity

: longevity of the seedbank

sourceid

: source of species name used by taxize::tnrs

score

: score obtained by taxize::tnrs

matchedname

: matched name obtained by taxize::tnrs

annotations

:

uri

: reference url for the species

Details

The original datasets are available as .TXT files in they raw form at http://www.leda-traitbase.org/LEDAportal/data_files.jsp; what is found here is a selection of a few traits. A higher number of traits from LEDA may be included in the following releases of the package.

References

Please cite the following reference any time you use data retrieved from the LEDA traitbase (citation reported at http://www.leda-traitbase.org/LEDAportal/citation.jsp):

Kleyer, M., Bekker, R.M., Knevel, I.C., Bakker, J.P, Thompson, K., Sonnenschein, M., Poschlod, P., Van Groenendael, J.M., Klimes, L., Klimesova, J., Klotz, S., Rusch, G.M., Hermy, M., Adriaens, D., Boedeltje, G., Bossuyt, B., Dannemann, A., Endels, P., Götzenberger, L., Hodgson, J.G., Jackel, A-K., Kühn, I., Kunzmann, D., Ozinga, W.A., Römermann, C., Stadler, M., Schlegelmilch, J., Steendam, H.J., Tackenberg, O., Wilmann, B., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Eriksson, O., Garnier, E., Peco, B. (2008): The LEDA Traitbase: A database of life-history traits of Northwest European flora. Journal of Ecology 96: 1266-1274.

Examples

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