The photosynthetic pathways of plant species surveyed in Australia's national terrestrial monitoring network.

ABSTRACT: The photosynthetic pathway of plants is a fundamental trait that influences terrestrial environments from the local to global level. The distribution of different photosynthetic pathways in Australia is expected to undergo a substantial shift due to climate change and rising atmospheric CO₂; however, tracking change is hindered by a lack of data on the pathways of species, as well as their distribution and relative cover within plant communities. Here we present the photosynthetic pathways for 2428 species recorded across 541 plots surveyed by Australia's Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) between 2011 and 2017. This dataset was created to facilitate research exploring trends in vegetation change across Australia. Species were assigned a photosynthetic pathway using p

SUBMITTER: Munroe SEM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8016977 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature