Anglia Ruskin Univ, Sch Life Sci, Appl Ecol Res Grp, Cambridge, England.;Norwegian Univ Life Sci, Fac Environm Sci & Nat Resource Management, As, Norway.
Forestry & Forest Prod Res Inst, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Kerkhoff, Andrew (författare)
Kenyon Coll, Gambier, OH 43022 USA.
Khalil, Mohammed I. (författare)
Univ Garmian, Dept Biol, Kalar, Iraq.;Southern Illinois Univ, Sch Biol Sci, Carbondale, IL 62901 USA.;Southern Illinois Univ, Ctr Ecol, Carbondale, IL 62901 USA.
Kinlock, Nicole L. (författare)
SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Ecol & Evolut, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA.
Kissling, Wilm Daniel (författare)
Univ Amsterdam, IBED, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Kitajima, Kaoru (författare)
Kyoto Univ, Grad Sch Agr, Kyoto, Japan.;Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL USA.;Curtin Univ, Sch Mol & Life Sci, Perth, WA, Australia.
Kitzberger, Thomas (författare)
Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Inst Invest Biodiversidad & Medioambiente INIBIOM, San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina.;Univ Nacl Comahue, Dept Ecol, San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina.
Univ Milan, Dipartimento Biosci, Milan, Italy.;Swiss Fed Inst Forest Snow & Landscape Res WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.;Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Los Angeles, CA USA.
McGill, Brian J. (författare)
Univ Maine, Orono, ME USA.
McPartland, Mara Y. (författare)
Univ Minnesota, Dept Geog Environm & Soc, Minneapolis, MN USA.
Medeiros, Juliana S. (författare)
Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, OH USA.
Medlyn, Belinda (författare)
Western Sydney Univ, Hawkesbury Inst Environm, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Conicet Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina.;Univ Nacl Santiago del Estero, Fac Ciencias Forestales, Santiago Del Estero, Argentina.
Smithsonian Trop Res Inst, Balboa, Ancon, Panama.;Carl von Ossietzky Univ Oldenburg, Inst Biol & Environm Sci, Oldenburg, Germany.
Wirth, Christian (författare)
Max Planck Inst Biogeochem, Hans Knoll Str 10, D-07745 Jena, Germany.;German Ctr Integrat Biodivers Res iDiv, Leipzig, Germany.;Univ Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Bowman, David M.J.S.(författare)
Böhning-Gaese, Katrin(författare)
Bürger, Jana(författare)
Alcázar C, Carolina(författare)
Bjorkman, Anne, 1981 (författare)
Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap,Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Ashman, Tia Lynn(författare)
Alcántara, Julio M.(författare)
Boonman, Coline C.F.(författare)
Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus(författare)
Bönisch, Gerhard(författare)
Werner, Gijsbert D.A.(författare)
Díaz, Sandra(författare)
Bocanegra-González, Kelly T.(författare)
Acosta, Alicia T.R.(författare)
Albert, Cécile H.(författare)
Apgaua, Deborah Mattos Guimarães(författare)
Bergmann Carlucci, Marcos(författare)
Cromsigt, Joris (författare)
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för vilt, fisk och miljö,Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies,Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Stephan, Jörg (författare)
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,ARTDATABANKEN,Institutionen för ekologi,Swedish Species Information Centre,Department of Ecology
Sjöman, Henrik (författare)
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Landskapsarkitektur, planering och förvaltning,Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management
Plant traits-the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants-determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus represent the basis for a vast area of research spanning from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology, to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem and landscape management, restoration, biogeography and earth system modelling. Since its foundation in 2007, the TRY database of plant traits has grown continuously. It now provides unprecedented data coverage under an open access data policy and is the main plant trait database used by the research community worldwide. Increasingly, the TRY database also supports new frontiers of trait-based plant research, including the identification of data gaps and the subsequent mobilization or measurement of new data. To support this development, in this article we evaluate the extent of the trait data compiled in TRY and analyse emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness. Best species coverage is achieved for categorical traits-almost complete coverage for 'plant growth form'. However, most traits relevant for ecology and vegetation modelling are characterized by continuous intraspecific variation and trait-environmental relationships. These traits have to be measured on individual plants in their respective environment. Despite unprecedented data coverage, we observe a humbling lack of completeness and representativeness of these continuous traits in many aspects. We, therefore, conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements. This can only be achieved in collaboration with other initiatives.