TRY –a global database of

plant traitsJens Kattge, Sandra Diaz, Sandra Lavorel, Paul Leadley,

Colin Prentice, Gerhard Bönisch, Christian Wirth

and all members of the TRY initiative

Sandra DíazSandra LavorelColin PrenticePaul Leadley

2007

Christian WirthGerhard BönischJens Kattge

Goal: A global database of plant traits to make the data available for trait-based approaches in ecology and vegetation modeling

Fast Track Initiative on Refining Plant

Functional Classifications

TRY – a global database of plant traitsSecond generation of data pooling

BiolFlor

LEDA

CEDAR-CREEK

Glopnet

DIVERSUS

VISTA

FET

WoodDensity

BIOPOP

KewGardens

CORDOBASE

Moles

Enquist

Ordonez

Shipley

Reich

Garnier

Craine

Zanne

Cornelissen

ZLTP

Leishman

ECOCRAFT

RAINFOR

ECOQUA

SID

BROT

Díaz

Fang

Wright

Penuelas

TRY

Chapin

250 datasets1,097 traits

99,989 species5.6 mio trait records

TRY – a global research network12067 measurement sites178 contributing institutes

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Publications

TRY has gained momentum

Kattge et al. 201193 datasets,

2.8 mio records

www.try-db.org