FAIRTraits: An enriched, FAIR-compliant database of plant traits from Mediterranean populations of 240 species.

ABSTRACT: Trait-based ecology relies on high-quality, well-documented data to explore how plant traits relate to environmental conditions, community assembly, and ecosystem functioning. However, the reuse and synthesis of trait data across studies remain limited by several constraints: a lack of detailed metadata, heterogeneous protocols, absence of individual-level measurements, and underrepresentation of certain trait types-particularly below-ground traits. Many existing datasets also lack the environmental details necessary to investigate trait-environment relationships at local scales. Here, we present FAIRTraits, a comprehensive dataset that addresses these limitations by compiling 189,452 records of quantitative trait measurements collected between 1997 and 2023 from 1955 populations of 240 va

SUBMITTER: Garnier E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12460199 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature