Table 1 Plant functional traits used for modeling and trait map generation
From: Crowdsourced biodiversity monitoring fills gaps in global plant trait mapping
Trait | TRY trait name | Unit |
|---|---|---|
Conduit element length | Wood vessel element length; stem conduit (vessel and tracheids) element length | μm |
Dispersal unit length | Dispersal unit length | mm |
LDMC | Leaf dry mass per leaf fresh mass (leaf dry matter content, LDMC) | g g−1 |
Leaf area | Leaf area (in case of compound leaves: leaflet, undefined if petiole is in- or excluded) | mm2 |
Leaf C | Leaf carbon (C) content per leaf dry mass | mg g−1 |
Leaf C/N ratio | Leaf carbon/nitrogen (C/N) ratio | g g−1 |
Leaf delta 15N | Leaf nitrogen (N) isotope signature (delta 15N) | ppm |
Leaf dry mass | Leaf dry mass (single leaf) | g |
Leaf fresh mass | Leaf fresh mass | g |
Leaf length | Leaf length | mm |
Leaf N (area) | Leaf nitrogen (N) content per leaf area | g m−2 |
Leaf N (mass) | Leaf nitrogen (N) content per leaf dry mass | mg g−1 |
Leaf P | Leaf phosphorus (P) content per leaf dry mass | mg g−1 |
Leaf thickness | Leaf thickness | mm |
Leaf water content | Leaf water content per leaf dry mass (not saturated) | g g−1 |
Leaf width | Leaf width | mm |
Plant height | Plant height (vegetative) | m |
Rooting depth | Root rooting depth | m |
Seed germination rate | Seed germination rate (germination efficiency) | days |
Seed length | Seed length | mm |
Seed mass | Seed dry mass | mg |
Seed number | Seed number per reproduction unit | - |
SLA | Leaf area per leaf dry mass (specific leaf area, SLA or 1/LMA): undefined if petiole is in- or excluded) | m2 kg−1 |
SRL | Root length per root dry mass (specific root length, SRL) | cm g−1 |
SRL (fine) | Fine root length per fine root dry mass (specific fine root length, SRL) | cm g−1 |
SSD | Stem specific density (SSD) or wood density (stem dry mass per stem fresh volume) | g cm−3 |
Stem conduit density | Stem conduit density (vessels and tracheids) | mm−2 |
Stem conduit diameter | Stem conduit diameter (vessels, tracheids) | μm |
Stem diameter | Stem diameter | m |
Wood fiber lengths | Wood fiber lengths | μm |
Wood ray density | Wood rays per millimeter (wood ray density) | mm−1 |
