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.

Measurement(s)

occurrence • Trait • DNA

Technology Type(s)

Sampling • digital curation • DNA sequencing assay

Sample Characteristic - Organism

Viridiplantae • trees

Sample Characteristic - Environment

forest biome

Sample Characteristic - Location

Mediterranean Region • Europe

Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13553519

Details

Title
WOODIV, a database of occurrences, functional traits, and phylogenetic data for all Euro-Mediterranean trees
Author
Monnet Anne-Christine 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Cilleros Kévin 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Médail Frédéric 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Albassatneh, Marwan Cheikh 2 ; Arroyo, Juan 3 ; Bacchetta Gianluigi 4 ; Bagnoli Francesca 5 ; Barina Zoltán 6 ; Cartereau Manuel 7 ; Casajus Nicolas 8   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Dimopoulos Panayotis 9 ; Domina Gianniantonio 10 ; Doxa Aggeliki 11 ; Escudero Marcial 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bruno, Fady 12 ; Hampe Arndt 13 ; Matevski Vlado 14 ; Misfud, Stephen 15 ; Nikolic, Toni 16 ; Pavon, Daniel 17 ; Roig, Anne 12 ; Barea Estefania Santos 3 ; Spanu Ilaria 5 ; Strid Arne 18 ; Vendramin, Giovanni Giuseppe 5 ; Leriche Agathe 19   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  Aix Marseille Univ, Avignon Univ, CNRS, IRD, IMBE. Technopôle de l’Arbois-Méditerranée, Aix-en-Provence, France 
2  CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 
3  University of Seville, Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Seville, Spain (GRID:grid.9224.d) (ISNI:0000 0001 2168 1229) 
4  University of Cagliari, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Cagliari, Italy (GRID:grid.7763.5) (ISNI:0000 0004 1755 3242) 
5  National Research Council, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy (GRID:grid.473716.0) 
6  Department of Botany, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary (GRID:grid.424755.5) (ISNI:0000 0001 1498 9209) 
7  Aix Marseille Univ, Avignon Univ, CNRS, IRD, IMBE. Technopôle de l’Arbois-Méditerranée, Aix-en-Provence, France (GRID:grid.424755.5) 
8  FRB-CESAB, Montpellier, France (GRID:grid.424755.5) 
9  University of Patras, Department of Biology, Laboratory of Botany, Patras, Greece (GRID:grid.11047.33) (ISNI:0000 0004 0576 5395) 
10  University of Palermo, Department of Agriculture, Food and Forest Sciences, Palermo, Italy (GRID:grid.10776.37) (ISNI:0000 0004 1762 5517) 
11  Aix Marseille Univ, Avignon Univ, CNRS, IRD, IMBE. Technopôle de l’Arbois-Méditerranée, Aix-en-Provence, France (GRID:grid.10776.37); Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Ν. Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, Statistical Learning Lab, Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Heraklion, Greece (GRID:grid.4834.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 0635 685X) 
12  INRAE, UR629, Ecologie des forêts méditerranéennes, Avignon, France (GRID:grid.503162.3) (ISNI:0000 0004 0502 1396) 
13  INRAE, Univ. Bordeaux, BIOGECO, France (GRID:grid.508391.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 0622 9359) 
14  Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (GRID:grid.419383.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 2183 7908) 
15  EcoGozo, Regional Development Directorate - Ministry for Gozo, Xaghra, Malta (GRID:grid.419383.4) 
16  University of Zagreb, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Zagreb, Croatia (GRID:grid.4808.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0657 4636) 
17  Aix Marseille Univ, Avignon Univ, CNRS, IRD, IMBE. Technopôle de l’Arbois-Méditerranée, Aix-en-Provence, France (GRID:grid.4808.4) 
18  Bakkevej 6, Ørbæk, Denmark (GRID:grid.473716.0) 
19  Aix Marseille Univ, Avignon Univ, CNRS, IRD, IMBE. Technopôle de l’Arbois-Méditerranée, Aix-en-Provence, France (GRID:grid.473716.0) 
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20524463
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00873-3
ProQuest document ID
2521813226
Copyright
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