Gaps in Global Alien Plant Trait Data and How to Fill Them
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F25%3A00640810" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/25:00640810 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/25:10512668
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70131" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70131</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.70131" target="_blank" >10.1111/geb.70131</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Gaps in Global Alien Plant Trait Data and How to Fill Them
Original language description
Functional traits help to understand the ecological processes underlying biological invasions. In this study, we assess the availability of trait data and identify global gaps and biases. We used the GloNAF database to get a global list of plants naturalised outside their native range and their distributions. We combined data from the four largest trait databases: AusTraits, BIEN, GIFT, and TRY, on which we performed taxonomic and trait harmonisation. We found that the species-by-trait matrix (2764 traits for 14,539 species) was only 1.5% complete, with most traits measured for very few species. Only 10 traits were available for more than 50% of all alien plants. Four percent of the species lacked all trait data, while 27% of species had data for the three key plant traits: leaf mass per area, seed mass, and plant height. We observed a strong latitudinal gradient in trait knowledge, with tropical regions showing lower trait knowledge than higher latitudes, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GX19-28807X" target="_blank" >GX19-28807X: Macroecology of plant invasions: global synthesis across habitats (SynHab)</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Global Ecology and Biogeography
ISSN
1466-822X
e-ISSN
1466-8238
Volume of the periodical
34
Issue of the periodical within the volume
10
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
e70131
UT code for WoS article
001604733900007
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105018347246