Background
Plant traits have been used extensively in ecology. They can be used as proxies for resource-acquisition strategies and facilitate the understanding of community structure and ecosystem functioning. However, many reviews and comparative analysis of plant traits do not include mangroves plants, possibly due to the lack of quantitative information available in a centralised form.
New information
Here a dataset is presented with 2364 records of traits of "true mangroves" species, gathered from 88 references (published articles, books, theses and dissertations). The dataset contains information on 107 quantitative traits and 18 qualitative traits for 55 species of "true mangroves" (sensu Tomlinson 2016). Most traits refer to components of living trees (mainly leaves), but litter traits were also included.
Ferreira Quadros A. and Zimmer M. (2017) Dataset of "true mangroves" plant species traits. Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e22089. 10.3897/BDJ.5.e22089
@article{Ferreira Quadros2017,
Title = {Dataset of "true mangroves" plant species traits},
Author = {Ferreira Quadros, Aline and Zimmer, Martin},
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Journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal},
Year = {2017},
Pages = {e22089},
Volume = {5},
Doi = {10.3897/BDJ.5.e22089},
Abstract = {Background
Plant traits have been used extensively in ecology. They can be used as proxies for resource-acquisition strategies and facilitate the understanding of community structure and ecosystem functioning. However, many reviews and comparative analysis of plant traits do not include mangroves plants, possibly due to the lack of quantitative information available in a centralised form.
New information
Here a dataset is presented with 2364 records of traits of "true mangroves" species, gathered from 88 references (published articles, books, theses and dissertations). The dataset contains information on 107 quantitative traits and 18 qualitative traits for 55 species of "true mangroves" (sensu Tomlinson 2016). Most traits refer to components of living trees (mainly leaves), but litter traits were also included.},
}
TY - JOUR
AU - Ferreira Quadros, Aline
AU - Zimmer, Martin
TI - Dataset of "true mangroves" plant species traits
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SP - e22089
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DO - 10.3897/BDJ.5.e22089
AB - Background
Plant traits have been used extensively in ecology. They can be used as proxies for resource-acquisition strategies and facilitate the understanding of community structure and ecosystem functioning. However, many reviews and comparative analysis of plant traits do not include mangroves plants, possibly due to the lack of quantitative information available in a centralised form.
New information
Here a dataset is presented with 2364 records of traits of "true mangroves" species, gathered from 88 references (published articles, books, theses and dissertations). The dataset contains information on 107 quantitative traits and 18 qualitative traits for 55 species of "true mangroves" (sensu Tomlinson 2016). Most traits refer to components of living trees (mainly leaves), but litter traits were also included.
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