Table 3 Structure of the sites table, containing observations of site characteristics associated with information in traits.
From: AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora
key | value |
|---|---|
dataset_id | Primary identifier for each study contributed into AusTraits; most often these are scientific papers, books, or online resources. By default should be name of first author and year of publication, e.g. ‘Falster_2005’. |
site_name | Name of site where individual was sampled. Cross-references to identical columns in ‘sites’ and ‘traits’. |
site_property | The site characteristic being recorded. Name should include units of measurement, e.g. ‘longitude (deg)’. Ideally we have at least these variables for each site - ‘longitude (deg)’, ‘latitude (deg)’, ‘description’. |
value | Measured value. |
