Scientific Data (Aug 2022)

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01626-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Measurement(s) Bark thickness • Leaf area • Leaf aluminium (Al) content per leaf dry mass • Specific leaf area • Leaf calcium (Ca) content per leaf dry mass • Leaf carbon (C) content per leaf dry mass • Leaf carbon (C) isotope signature (delta 13 C) • Leaf compoundness • Leaf dry mass per leaf fresh mass (leaf dry matter content, LDMC) • Leaf magnesium (Mg) content per leaf dry mass • Leaf nitrogen (N) content per leaf dry mass • Leaf nitrogen (N) isotope signature (delta 15 N) • Leaf phosphorus (P) content per leaf dry mass • Leaf potassium (K) content per leaf dry mass • Leaf texture (sclerophylly, physical strength, toughness) • leaf thickness • Plant growth form • Stem conduit cross-sectional area (vessels and tracheids) • Stem conduit density (vessels and tracheids) • Sapwood specific conductivity Technology Type(s) bark gauge • Scanner Device • inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy • Calculated from area and mass • CN analyzer • Isotope analyzer • in vivo visual assessment • Ratio of fresh to dry mass • punch tester • micrometer • optical analysis of cross sections with specific software • weight and volume measurement • estimated with equations from wood anatomy Factor Type(s) Country • Lat • Long • Elevation • Collection_year Sample Characteristic - Organism Tracheophyta Sample Characteristic - Environment Andean ecosystems • cloud forest • tropical upper montane forest • tropical lower montane forest • Paramo • Andes Sample Characteristic - Location South America • Venezuela • Colombia • Ecuador • Peru • Bolivia • Argentina