TY  - JOUR
AU  - Guerrero‐Ramírez, Nathaly R.
AU  - Mommer, Liesje
AU  - Freschet, Grégoire T.
AU  - Iversen, Colleen M.
AU  - McCormack, M. Luke
AU  - Kattge, Jens
AU  - Poorter, Hendrik
AU  - Plas, Fons
AU  - Bergmann, Joana
AU  - Kuyper, Thom W.
AU  - York, Larry M.
AU  - Bruelheide, Helge
AU  - Laughlin, Daniel C.
AU  - Meier, Ina C.
AU  - Roumet, Catherine
AU  - Semchenko, Marina
AU  - Sweeney, Christopher J.
AU  - Ruijven, Jasper
AU  - Valverde‐Barrantes, Oscar J.
AU  - Aubin, Isabelle
AU  - Catford, Jane A.
AU  - Manning, Peter
AU  - Martin, Adam
AU  - Milla, Rubén
AU  - Minden, Vanessa
AU  - Pausas, Juli G.
AU  - Smith, Stuart W.
AU  - Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A.
AU  - Ammer, Christian
AU  - Butterfield, Bradley
AU  - Craine, Joseph
AU  - Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.
AU  - Vries, Franciska T.
AU  - Isaac, Marney E.
AU  - Kramer, Koen
AU  - König, Christian
AU  - Lamb, Eric G.
AU  - Onipchenko, Vladimir G.
AU  - Peñuelas, Josep
AU  - Reich, Peter B.
AU  - Rillig, Matthias C.
AU  - Sack, Lawren
AU  - Shipley, Bill
AU  - Tedersoo, Leho
AU  - Valladares, Fernando
AU  - Bodegom, Peter
AU  - Weigelt, Patrick
AU  - Wright, Justin P.
AU  - Weigelt, Alexandra
TI  - Global root traits (GRooT) database
JO  - Global ecology and biogeography
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SN  - 1466-8238
CY  - Oxford [u.a.]
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
M1  - FZJ-2020-03884
SP  - 25-37
PY  - 2020
AB  - Trait data are fundamental to the quantitative description of plant form and function. Although root traits capture key dimensions related to plant responses to changing environmental conditions and effects on ecosystem processes, they have rarely been included in large‐scale comparative studies and global models. For instance, root traits remain absent from nearly all studies that define the global spectrum of plant form and function. Thus, to overcome conceptual and methodological roadblocks preventing a widespread integration of root trait data into large‐scale analyses we created the Global Root Trait (GRooT) Database. GRooT provides ready‐to‐use data by combining the expertise of root ecologists with data mobilization and curation. Specifically, we (a) determined a set of core root traits relevant to the description of plant form and function based on an assessment by experts, (b) maximized species coverage through data standardization within and among traits, and (c) implemented data quality checks.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000569059000001
DO  - DOI:10.1111/geb.13179
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/885504
ER  -