Scientific Data (Feb 2024)
Plant trait and vegetation data along a 1314 m elevation gradient with fire history in Puna grasslands, Perú
- Aud H. Halbritter,
- Vigdis Vandvik,
- Sehoya H. Cotner,
- William Farfan-Rios,
- Brian S. Maitner,
- Sean T. Michaletz,
- Imma Oliveras Menor,
- Richard J. Telford,
- Adam Ccahuana,
- Rudi Cruz,
- Jhonatan Sallo-Bravo,
- Paul Efren Santos-Andrade,
- Lucely L. Vilca-Bustamante,
- Matiss Castorena,
- Julia Chacón-Labella,
- Casper Tai Christiansen,
- Sandra M. Duran,
- Dagmar D. Egelkraut,
- Ragnhild Gya,
- Siri Vatsø Haugum,
- Lorah Seltzer,
- Miles R. Silman,
- Tanya Strydom,
- Marcus P. Spiegel,
- Agustina Barros,
- Kristine Birkeli,
- Mickey Boakye,
- Fernanda Chiappero,
- Adam Chmurzynski,
- Josef C. Garen,
- Joseph Gaudard,
- Tasha-Leigh J. Gauthier,
- Sonya R. Geange,
- Fiorella N. Gonzales,
- Jonathan J. Henn,
- Kristýna Hošková,
- Anders Isaksen,
- Laura H. Jessup,
- Will Johnson,
- Erik Kusch,
- Kai Lepley,
- Mackenzie Lift,
- Trace E. Martyn,
- Miguel Muñoz Mazon,
- Sara L. Middleton,
- Natalia L. Quinteros Casaverde,
- Jocelyn Navarro,
- Verónica Zepeda,
- Korina Ocampo-Zuleta,
- Andrea Carmeli Palomino-Cardenas,
- Samuel Pastor Ploskonka,
- Maria Elisa Pierfederici,
- Verónica Pinelli,
- Jess Rickenback,
- Ruben E. Roos,
- Hilde Stokland Rui,
- Eugenia Sanchez Diaz,
- Andrea Sánchez-Tapia,
- Alyssa Smith,
- Erickson Urquiaga-Flores,
- Jonathan von Oppen,
- Brian J. Enquist
Affiliations
- Aud H. Halbritter
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen
- Vigdis Vandvik
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen
- Sehoya H. Cotner
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen
- William Farfan-Rios
- Department of Biology and Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability, Wake Forest University
- Brian S. Maitner
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
- Sean T. Michaletz
- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research Centre, The University of British Columbia
- Imma Oliveras Menor
- AMAP, Université de Montpellier
- Richard J. Telford
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen
- Adam Ccahuana
- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
- Rudi Cruz
- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
- Jhonatan Sallo-Bravo
- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
- Paul Efren Santos-Andrade
- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
- Lucely L. Vilca-Bustamante
- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
- Matiss Castorena
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
- Julia Chacón-Labella
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
- Casper Tai Christiansen
- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen
- Sandra M. Duran
- Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship
- Dagmar D. Egelkraut
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen
- Ragnhild Gya
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen
- Siri Vatsø Haugum
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen
- Lorah Seltzer
- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research Centre, The University of British Columbia
- Miles R. Silman
- Department of Biology and Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability, Wake Forest University
- Tanya Strydom
- Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal
- Marcus P. Spiegel
- School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
- Agustina Barros
- Instituto Argentino de Nivología y Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales, CONICET y Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
- Kristine Birkeli
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen
- Mickey Boakye
- Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management, University of California
- Fernanda Chiappero
- Instituto Argentino de Nivología y Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales, CONICET y Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
- Adam Chmurzynski
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
- Josef C. Garen
- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research Centre, The University of British Columbia
- Joseph Gaudard
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen
- Tasha-Leigh J. Gauthier
- Department of Geography & Environmental Management, University of Waterloo
- Sonya R. Geange
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen
- Fiorella N. Gonzales
- Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
- Jonathan J. Henn
- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder
- Kristýna Hošková
- Department of Botany, Charles University in Prague
- Anders Isaksen
- Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo
- Laura H. Jessup
- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University
- Will Johnson
- Newcastle University
- Erik Kusch
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen
- Kai Lepley
- School of Geography, Development & Environment, University of Arizona
- Mackenzie Lift
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland
- Trace E. Martyn
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland
- Miguel Muñoz Mazon
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Sara L. Middleton
- Department of Biology, University of Oxford
- Natalia L. Quinteros Casaverde
- Science Division, New York Botanical Garden
- Jocelyn Navarro
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
- Verónica Zepeda
- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Korina Ocampo-Zuleta
- Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias mención Ecología y Evolución, Universidad Austral de Chile
- Andrea Carmeli Palomino-Cardenas
- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
- Samuel Pastor Ploskonka
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Maria Elisa Pierfederici
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Verónica Pinelli
- Departamento de Ecología y Gestión Ambiental, Universidad de la República
- Jess Rickenback
- School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh
- Ruben E. Roos
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Hilde Stokland Rui
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Eugenia Sanchez Diaz
- Instituto Argentino de Nivología y Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales, CONICET y Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
- Andrea Sánchez-Tapia
- Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
- Alyssa Smith
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
- Erickson Urquiaga-Flores
- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich
- Jonathan von Oppen
- Department of Biology, Aarhus University
- Brian J. Enquist
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-02980-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 18
Abstract
Abstract Alpine grassland vegetation supports globally important biodiversity and ecosystems that are increasingly threatened by climate warming and other environmental changes. Trait-based approaches can support understanding of vegetation responses to global change drivers and consequences for ecosystem functioning. In six sites along a 1314 m elevational gradient in Puna grasslands in the Peruvian Andes, we collected datasets on vascular plant composition, plant functional traits, biomass, ecosystem fluxes, and climate data over three years. The data were collected in the wet and dry season and from plots with different fire histories. We selected traits associated with plant resource use, growth, and life history strategies (leaf area, leaf dry/wet mass, leaf thickness, specific leaf area, leaf dry matter content, leaf C, N, P content, C and N isotopes). The trait dataset contains 3,665 plant records from 145 taxa, 54,036 trait measurements (increasing the trait data coverage of the regional flora by 420%) covering 14 traits and 121 plant taxa (ca. 40% of which have no previous publicly available trait data) across 33 families.
