Table 2 Dataset fields included in bryophyte species-trait dataset, grouped across four categories: taxonomy, distribution, resistance traits, and reproductive traits.
Data type | Variable name | Description | Category | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Taxonomy | Species name | Currently accepted name | NA | Character |
Order | Accepted name of the order | NA | Character | |
Family | Accepted name of the family | NA | Character | |
Genus | Accepted name of the genus | NA | Character | |
Distribution | Geographical distribution | Whether the species distributed in the certain sampling site | Mt. Dabie | Binary |
Mt. Daiyun | ||||
Mt. Guan | ||||
Mt. Tianmu | ||||
Elevational distribution | Whether the species distributed in the certain elevational range | 200–400 m | Binary | |
400–600 m | ||||
600–800 m | ||||
800–1000 m | ||||
1000–1200 m | ||||
1200–1400 m | ||||
1400–1600 m | ||||
Substrate | Whether the species distributed in the certain substrate | Tree trunk | Binary | |
Tree base | ||||
Rock | ||||
Soil | ||||
Rock covered with a thin layer of soil | ||||
Decaying log | ||||
Epiphyllous | ||||
Tree branch | ||||
Resistance traits | Growth form | Morphological growth form | Acrocarpous moss | Binary |
Pleurocarpous moss | ||||
Thallus liverwort | ||||
Leafy liverwort | ||||
Leaf ornamentation | Irregularities on the surface of leaf cell | Smooth | Categorical | |
Mammillose/papillose/teeth/lamellae | ||||
Unapplicable (thallus liverwort) | ||||
Midrib extension | Qualitative assessment of the length of the midrib | Absent/weakness | Categorical | |
Subapical | ||||
Percurrent/aristate | ||||
Unapplicable (liverwort) | ||||
Stem paraphyllia/pseudo-paraphyllia | Whether the species holds the stem paraphyllia/pseudopara-phyllia | Absent | Categorical | |
Present | ||||
Unapplicable (liverwort) | ||||
Hyaline hair point/margin | Whether the species have the hyaline hair point/margin | Absent | Binary | |
Present | ||||
Reproductive traits | Vegetative reproduction | Whether the species have the capacity of vegetative reproduction | Absent | Binary |
Present | ||||
Sex | Arrangement of the antheridia and archegonia on gametohytes | M (monoicous) | Categorical | |
D (dioicous) | ||||
M/D (monoicous or dioicous) | ||||
Maximum seta length | Maximum length of seta (mm) | NA | Numeric | |
Peristome | Whether the capsule have the peristome | Absent | Categorical | |
Present | ||||
Unapplicable (liverwort) | ||||
Minimum spore size | Minimum diameter of spore (µm) | NA | Numeric | |
Maximum spore size | Minimum diameter of spore (µm) | NA | Numeric | |
Spore ornamentation | Irregularities on the surface of spore | Smooth | Binary | |
Mammillose/papillose |
