AraDiv: a dataset of functional traits and leaf hyperspectral reflectance of Arabidopsis thaliana.

ABSTRACT: Data from functional trait databases have been increasingly used to address questions related to plant diversity and trait-environment relationships. However, such databases provide intraspecific data that combine individual records obtained from distinct populations at different sites and, hence, environmental conditions. This prevents distinguishing sources of variation (e.g., genetic-based variation vs. phenotypic plasticity), a necessary condition to test for adaptive processes and other determinants of plant phenotypic diversity. Consequently, individual traits measured under common growing conditions and encompassing within-species variation across the occupied geographic range have the potential to leverage trait databases with valuable data for functional and evolutionary ecology.

SUBMITTER: Przybylska MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10209097 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature