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WOODIV, a database of occurrences, functional traits, and phylogenetic data for all Euro-Mediterranean trees.

ABSTRACT: Trees play a key role in the structure and function of many ecosystems worldwide. In the Mediterranean Basin, forests cover approximately 22% of the total land area hosting a large number of endemics (46 species). Despite its particularities and vulnerability, the biodiversity of Mediterranean trees is not well known at the taxonomic, spatial, functional, and genetic levels required for conservation applications. The WOODIV database fills this gap by providing reliable occurrences, four functional traits (plant height, seed mass, wood density, and specific leaf area), and sequences from three DNA-regions (rbcL, matK, and trnH-psbA), together with modelled occurrences and a phylogeny for all 210 Euro-Mediterranean tree species. We compiled, homogenized, and verified occurrence data from sparse datasets and collated them on an INSPIRE-compliant 10 × 10 km grid. We also gathered functional trait and genetic data, filling existing gaps where possible. The WOODIV database can benefit macroecological studies in the fields of conservation, biogeography, and community ecology.

SUBMITTER: Monnet AC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7988049 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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WOODIV, a database of occurrences, functional traits, and phylogenetic data for all Euro-Mediterranean trees.

Monnet Anne-Christine AC Cilleros Kévin K Médail Frédéric F Albassatneh Marwan Cheikh MC Arroyo Juan J Bacchetta Gianluigi G Bagnoli Francesca F Barina Zoltán Z Cartereau Manuel M Casajus Nicolas N Dimopoulos Panayotis P Domina Gianniantonio G Doxa Aggeliki A Escudero Marcial M Fady Bruno B Hampe Arndt A Matevski Vlado V Misfud Stephen S Nikolic Toni T Pavon Daniel D Roig Anne A Barea Estefania Santos ES Spanu Ilaria I Strid Arne A Vendramin Giovanni Giuseppe GG Leriche Agathe A

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Trees play a key role in the structure and function of many ecosystems worldwide. In the Mediterranean Basin, forests cover approximately 22% of the total land area hosting a large number of endemics (46 species). Despite its particularities and vulnerability, the biodiversity of Mediterranean trees is not well known at the taxonomic, spatial, functional, and genetic levels required for conservation applications. The WOODIV database fills this gap by providing reliable occurrences, four function ...[more]

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