sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

Helge Bruelheide; Jurgen Dengler; Borja Jiménez-Alfaro; Oliver Purschke; Stephan Hennekens; Milan Chytrý; Valério Pillar; Florian Jansen; Jens Kattge; Brody Sandel; Isabelle Aubin; Idoia Biurrun; Richard Field; Sylvia Haider; Ute Jandt; Jonathan Lenoir; Robert Peet; Gwendolyn Peyre; Francesco Maria Sabatini; Marco Schmidt; Franziska Schrodt; Marten Winter; Svetlana Aćić; Emiliano Agrillo; Miguel Alvarez; Didem Ambarlı; Pierangela Angelini; Iva Apostolova; Mohammed Arfin Khan; Elise Arnst; Fabio Attorre; Christopher Baraloto; Michael Beckmann; Christian Berg; Yves Berg; Erwin Berg; Anne Bjorkman; Viktoria Bondareva; Peter Borchardt; Zoltán Botta-Dukát; Brad Boyle; Amy Breen; Henry Brisse; Chaeho Byun; Marcelo Cabido; Laura Casella; Luis Cayuela; Tomáš Černý; Victor Chepinoga; Janos Csiky; Michael Curran; Renata Ćušterevska; Zora Dajić Stevanović; Els De Bie; Patrice De Ruffray; Michele De Sanctis; Panayotis Dimopoulos; Stefan Dressler; Rasmus Ejrnæs; Mohamed Abd El‐Rouf Mousa El-Sheikh; Brian Enquist; Jörg Ewald; Jaime Fagúndez; Manfred Finckh; Xavier Font; Estelle Forey; Georgios Fotiadis; Itziar García-Mijangos; Luis Gasper; Valentin Golub; Alvaro Gutierrez; Mohamed Hatim; Tianhua He; Pedro Higuchi; Dana Holubová; Norbert Hölzel; Jürgen Homeier; Adrian Indreica; Deniz Işık Gürsoy; Steven Jansen; John Janssen; Birgit Jedrzejek; Martin Jiroušek; Jürgen Jürgens; Zygmunt Kącki; Ali Kavgacı; Elizabeth Kearsley; Michael Kessler; Ilona Knollová; Vitaliy Kolomiychuk; Andrey Korolyuk; Maria Kozhevnikova; Łukasz Kozub; Daniel Krstonošić; Hjalmar Kühl; Martin He; Anna Kuzemko; Filip Küzmič; Flavia Landucci; Michael Lee

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sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

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sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

Helge Bruelheide, Jurgen Dengler, Borja Jiménez-Alfaro, Oliver Purschke, Stephan Hennekens, Milan Chytrý, Valério Pillar, Florian Jansen, Jens Kattge, Brody Sandel, …

Journal of vegetation science, Vol.30(2), pp.161-186

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12710

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Abstract

biodiversity

community ecology

ecoinformatics

functional diversity

lobal scale

macroecology

phylogenetic diversity

plot database

sPlot

taxonomic diversity

vascular plant

vegetation relevé

Aims Vegetation-plot records provide information on the presence and cover or abundance of plants co-occurring in the same community. Vegetation-plot data are spread across research groups, environmental agencies and biodiversity research centers and, thus, are rarely accessible at continental or global scales. Here we present the sPlot database, which collates vegetation plots worldwide to allow for the exploration of global patterns in taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity at the plant community level. Results sPlot version 2.1 contains records from 1,121,244 vegetation plots, which comprise 23,586,216 records of plant species and their relative cover or abundance in plots collected worldwide between 1885 and 2015. We complemented the information for each plot by retrieving climate and soil conditions and the biogeographic context (e.g., biomes) from external sources, and by calculating community-weighted means and variances of traits using gap-filled data from the global plant trait database TRY. Moreover, we created a phylogenetic tree for 50,167 out of the 54,519 species identified in the plots. We present the first maps of global patterns of community richness and community-weighted means of key traits. Conclusions The availability of vegetation plot data in sPlot offers new avenues for vegetation analysis at the global scale.

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Title: sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses
Authors/Creators: Helge Bruelheide - Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Jurgen Dengler - University of Bayreuth
Borja Jiménez-Alfaro - Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Oliver Purschke - Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Stephan Hennekens - Wageningen University & Research
Milan Chytrý - Masaryk University
Valério Pillar - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Florian Jansen - University of Rostock
Jens Kattge - Max Planck Society
Brody Sandel - Santa Clara University
Isabelle Aubin - Natural Resources Canada
Idoia Biurrun - University of the Basque Country
Richard Field - University of Nottingham
Sylvia Haider - Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Ute Jandt - Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Jonathan Lenoir - Université de Picardie Jules Verne
Robert Peet - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gwendolyn Peyre - Universidad de Los Andes
Francesco Maria Sabatini - Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Marco Schmidt
Franziska Schrodt - University of Nottingham
Marten Winter - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Svetlana Aćić
Emiliano Agrillo - Sapienza University of Rome
Miguel Alvarez - University of Bonn
Didem Ambarlı - Düzce Üniversitesi
Pierangela Angelini
Iva Apostolova - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Mohammed Arfin Khan
Elise Arnst - Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
Fabio Attorre - Sapienza University of Rome
Christopher Baraloto - Florida International University
Michael Beckmann
Christian Berg - University of Graz
Yves Berg
Erwin Berg
Anne Bjorkman - Aarhus University
Viktoria Bondareva
Peter Borchardt - Universität Hamburg
Zoltán Botta-Dukát
Brad Boyle - University of Arizona
Amy Breen - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Henry Brisse - Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale
Chaeho Byun - Yonsei University
Marcelo Cabido - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Laura Casella - University of Udine
Luis Cayuela - Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Tomáš Černý - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Victor Chepinoga
Janos Csiky - University of Pecs
Michael Curran - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Renata Ćušterevska - Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
Zora Dajić Stevanović
Els De Bie
Patrice De Ruffray - Université de Strasbourg
Michele De Sanctis - Sapienza University of Rome
Panayotis Dimopoulos - University of Patras
Stefan Dressler - Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum
Rasmus Ejrnæs - Aarhus University
Mohamed Abd El‐Rouf Mousa El-Sheikh
Brian Enquist - University of Arizona
Jörg Ewald - Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences
Jaime Fagúndez - Universidade da Coruña
Manfred Finckh - Universität Hamburg
Xavier Font - Universitat de Barcelona
Estelle Forey - Étude et compréhension de la biodiversité
Georgios Fotiadis
Itziar García-Mijangos - University of the Basque Country
Luis Gasper
Valentin Golub
Alvaro Gutierrez - University of Chile
Mohamed Hatim - Tanta University
Tianhua He - Curtin University
Pedro Higuchi - Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
Dana Holubová - Masaryk University
Norbert Hölzel - University of Münster
Jürgen Homeier - University of Göttingen
Adrian Indreica - Transylvania University of Brașov
Deniz Işık Gürsoy
Steven Jansen - Universität Ulm
John Janssen - Wageningen University & Research
Birgit Jedrzejek - University of Münster
Martin Jiroušek - Masaryk University
Jürgen Jürgens
Zygmunt Kącki - University of Wrocław
Ali Kavgacı
Elizabeth Kearsley - Ghent University
Michael Kessler - University of Zurich
Ilona Knollová - Masaryk University
Vitaliy Kolomiychuk - Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Andrey Korolyuk - Russian Academy of Sciences
Maria Kozhevnikova - Kazan Federal University
Łukasz Kozub - University of Warsaw
Daniel Krstonošić - University of Zagreb
Hjalmar Kühl - Max Planck Society
Martin He
Anna Kuzemko
Filip Küzmič - Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Flavia Landucci - Masaryk University
Michael Lee - NatureServe
Publication Details: Journal of vegetation science, Vol.30(2), pp.161-186
Publisher: Wiley
Identifiers: 991005569357307891
Murdoch Affiliation: Centre for Crop and Food Innovation
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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