Plant trait databases



  • BROT - A functional trait database for Mediterranean Basin plants

    BROT 1.0 (2009, old):

    Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420. [doi | ESA journals | Ecological Archives E090-094 | pdf | BROT web page]

    BROT 2.0 (2018, current)

    Tavsanoglu Ç. & Pausas J.G. 2018. A functional trait database for Mediterranean Basin plants. Scientific Data 5:180135 [doi | BROT web page]


  • P50R - A global P50 & resprouting database

    Pausas, J.G., Pratt, R.B., Keeley, J.E., Jacobsen, A.L., Ramirez, A.R., Vilagrosa, A., Paula, S., Kaneakua-Pia, I.N. & Davis, S.D. 2016. Towards understanding resprouting at the global scale. New Phytologist 209: 945-954. [doi | wiley | pdf | Notes S1-S4 | Table S1: Global P50-Resprouting data (xls)]



  • BBB - A global Belowground Bud Bank database

    Pausas, J. G., B. B. Lamont, S. Paula, B. Appezzato-da-Glória, and A. Fidelis. 2018. Unearthing belowground bud banks in fire-prone ecosystems. New Phytologist 217: 1435-1448. [doi | wiley | pdf | suppl. | BBB web page ]



  • POSTDIV - Postfire biodiversity database for eastern Iberia

    Pausas JG, Álvarez-Ruiz L, Baz A, Belliure J, Benítez G, Ferrer-Gallego PP, Herrando-Pérez S, Jiménez JN, Laguna E, Mínguez E, Montagud S, Outerelo R, Roca V, Santos X, Velázquez de Castro AJ, Viñolas A, Cifuentes J, Gilgado JD. 2013. Postfire biodiversity database for eastern Iberia. Scientific Data 10:872. [doi | pdf | pdf | data: figshare]
    It includes arthropods, lizards (and their parasites), and plants.



  • FLAMITS - A global database of plant flammability traits.

    Ocampo-Zuleta K, Pausas JG, Paula S. 2024. FLAMITS: A global database of plant flammability traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography [doi | pdf | data: dryad]




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