Scientific Data (Oct 2023)

PADAPT 1.0 – the Pannonian Dataset of Plant Traits

  • Judit Sonkoly,
  • Edina Tóth,
  • Nóra Balogh,
  • Lajos Balogh,
  • Dénes Bartha,
  • Kinga Csendesné Bata,
  • Zoltán Bátori,
  • Nóra Békefi,
  • Zoltán Botta-Dukát,
  • János Bölöni,
  • Anikó Csecserits,
  • János Csiky,
  • Péter Csontos,
  • István Dancza,
  • Balázs Deák,
  • Zoltán Konstantin Dobolyi,
  • Anna E-Vojtkó,
  • Ferenc Gyulai,
  • Alida Anna Hábenczyus,
  • Tamás Henn,
  • Ferenc Horváth,
  • Mária Höhn,
  • Gusztáv Jakab,
  • András Kelemen,
  • Gergely Király,
  • Szabolcs Kis,
  • Gergely Kovacsics-Vári,
  • András Kun,
  • Éva Lehoczky,
  • Attila Lengyel,
  • Barbara Lhotsky,
  • Viktor Löki,
  • Balázs András Lukács,
  • Gábor Matus,
  • Andrea McIntosh-Buday,
  • Attila Mesterházy,
  • Tamás Miglécz,
  • Attila Molnár V,
  • Zsolt Molnár,
  • Tamás Morschhauser,
  • László Papp,
  • Patrícia Pósa,
  • Tamás Rédei,
  • Dávid Schmidt,
  • Ferenc Szmorad,
  • Attila Takács,
  • Júlia Tamás,
  • Viktor Tiborcz,
  • Csaba Tölgyesi,
  • Katalin Tóth,
  • Béla Tóthmérész,
  • Orsolya Valkó,
  • Viktor Virók,
  • Tamás Wirth,
  • Péter Török

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02619-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Abstract The existing plant trait databases’ applicability is limited for studies dealing with the flora and vegetation of the eastern and central part of Europe and for large-scale comparisons across regions, mostly because their geographical data coverage is limited and they incorporate records from several different sources, often from regions with markedly different climatic conditions. These problems motivated the compilation of a regional dataset for the flora of the Pannonian region (Eastern Central Europe). PADAPT, the Pannonian Dataset of Plant Traits relies on regional data sources and collates data on 54 traits and attributes of the plant species of the Pannonian region. The current version covers approximately 90% of the species of the region and consists of 126,337 records on 2745 taxa. By including species of the eastern part of Europe not covered by other databases, PADAPT can facilitate studying the flora and vegetation of the eastern part of the continent. Although data coverage is far from complete, PADAPT meets the longstanding need for a regional database of the Pannonian flora.