Towards an ecological trait‐data standard

An automated device for the digitization and 3D modelling of insects, combining extended-depth-of-field and all-side multi-view imaging

(2018) Bernhard Ströbel et al.   ZooKeys

Comparison and evaluation of ontologies for units of measurement

(2018) Jan Martin Keil et al.   Semantic Web

Towards global data products of Essential Biodiversity Variables on species traits

(2018) W. Daniel Kissling et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Data management: Stable identifiers for collection specimens

(2017) Quentin Groom et al.   NATURE

Actionable, long-term stable and semantic web compatible identifiers for access to biological collection objects

(2017) Anton Güntsch et al.   Database-The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation

AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits

(2017) Brunno Freire Oliveira et al.   Scientific Data

Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits

(2016) Marco Moretti et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

GlobalAnts: a new database on the geography of ant traits (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

(2016) Catherine L. Parr et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Towards a thesaurus of plant characteristics: an ecological contribution

(2016) Eric Garnier et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The importance of digitized biocollections as a source of trait data and a new VertNet resource

(2016) Robert P. Guralnick et al.   Database-The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation

The flora phenotype ontology (FLOPO): tool for integrating morphological traits and phenotypes of vascular plants

(2016) Robert Hoehndorf et al.   Journal of Biomedical Semantics

Names are not good enough: Reasoning over taxonomic change in the Andropogon complex1

(2016) Nico M. Franz et al.   Semantic Web

TraitBank: Practical semantics for organism attribute data

(2016) Cynthia S. Parr et al.   Semantic Web

The Coral Trait Database, a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans

(2016) Joshua S. Madin et al.   Scientific Data

The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship

(2016) Mark D. Wilkinson et al.   Scientific Data

Land use intensification alters ecosystem multifunctionality via loss of biodiversity and changes to functional composition

(2015) Eric Allan et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The global spectrum of plant form and function

(2015) Sandra Díaz et al.   NATURE

Fast–slow continuum and reproductive strategies structure plant life-history variation worldwide

(2015) Roberto Salguero-Gómez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TR8: an R package for easily retrieving plant species traits

(2015) Gionata Bocci   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Public Data Archiving in Ecology and Evolution: How Well Are We Doing?

(2015) Dominique G. Roche et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

A summary of eight traits of Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Orthoptera and Araneae, occurring in grasslands in Germany

(2015) Martin M Gossner et al.   Scientific Data

Tidy Data

(2015) Hadley Wickham   Journal of Statistical Software

Semantics in Support of Biodiversity Knowledge Discovery: An Introduction to the Biological Collections Ontology and Related Ontologies

(2014) Ramona L. Walls et al.   PLoS One

A Thesaurus for Soil Invertebrate Trait-Based Approaches

(2014) Benjamin Pey et al.   PLoS One

New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

(2013) N. Pérez-Harguindeguy et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

The Vertebrate Trait Ontology: a controlled vocabulary for the annotation of trait data across species

(2013) Carissa A Park et al.   Journal of Biomedical Semantics

Ontologies as integrative tools for plant science

(2012) Ramona L. Walls et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

The ABCD of primary biodiversity data access

(2012) J. Holetschek et al.   PLANT BIOSYSTEMS

Darwin Core: An Evolving Community-Developed Biodiversity Data Standard

(2012) John Wieczorek et al.   PLoS One

A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances

(2012) David Mouillot et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Bringing collections out of the dark

(2012) Vladimir Blagoderov et al.   ZooKeys

The Units Ontology: a tool for integrating units of measurement in science

(2012) G. V. Gkoutos et al.   Database-The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation

Uberon, an integrative multi-species anatomy ontology

(2012) Christopher J Mungall et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

A comparative evaluation of technical solutions for long-term data repositories in integrative biodiversity research

(2011) Kerstin Bach et al.   Ecological Informatics

TRY - a global database of plant traits

(2011) J. KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

How fundamental plant functional trait relationships scale-up to trade-offs and synergies in ecosystem services

(2011) Sandra Lavorel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

BioPortal: enhanced functionality via new Web services from the National Center for Biomedical Ontology to access and use ontologies in software applications

(2011) P. L. Whetzel et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Linking functional diversity and social actor strategies in a framework for interdisciplinary analysis of nature's benefits to society

(2011) S. Diaz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits

(2010) Francesco de Bello et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

A Gross Anatomy Ontology for Hymenoptera

(2010) Matthew J. Yoder et al.   PLoS One

A generic structure for plant trait databases

(2010) Jens Kattge et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Motivating Online Publication of Data

(2009) Mark J. Costello   BIOSCIENCE

PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals

(2009) Kate E. Jones et al.   ECOLOGY

Biodiversity informatics: the challenge of linking data and the role of shared identifiers

(2008) R. D. M. Page   BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS

The LEDA Traitbase: a database of life-history traits of the Northwest European flora

(2008) M. Kleyer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY