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

By Michael Kleyer, Renée M. Bekker, I. Knevel, J. Bakker, K. Thompson, M. Sonnenschein, Peter Poschlod, J. M. Groenendael, L. Klimeš, J. Klimešová and 24 more. 2008

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide (2013, methodology): “References on theory, significance and large datasets: De Kroon and Van Groenendael (1997); Klimeš et al. (1997); Van Groenendael et al. (1997);Klimeš andKlimešová (2005);Knevel et al.”
Towards a trait-based quantification of species niche (2009, background): “Such information will likely increase in the next coming years with the development of worldwide trait databases combining trait and environmental data (e.g. Garnier et al. 2007; Kleyer et al. 2008).”
Clonal growth and sexual reproduction: tradeoffs and environmental constraints (2015, background): “Whereas seed mass is easily measurable much information is available for various growth forms and biomes (Kleyer et al. 2008, Hintze et al. 2013), data on seed numbers are much more diffi cult to obtain and therefore rather scarce.”
Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin (2009, positive): “For these reasons, great effort is now being made in different regions and ecosystems to compile plant trait information in a systematic way using standard protocols (Weither et al. 1999, Cornelissen et al. 2003, Kleyer et al. 2008).”
Leaf dry matter content is better at predicting above-ground net primary production than specific leaf area (2017, methodology): “602 603 Kleyer, M., Bekker, R.M., Knevel, I.C., Bakker, J.P., Thompson, K., Sonnenschein, M., 604 Poschlod, P., van Groenandael, J.M., Klimes, L., Klimesova, J. et al. (2008) The LEDA 605 traitbase: a database of life-history traits of the NW European flora.”
Traits related to species persistence and dispersal explain changes in plant communities subjected to habitat loss (2012, methodology): “, 2004), LEDA (Kleyer et al., 2008) and Seed Information Database (SID) databases (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, 2008).”
Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits (2017, positive): “The development of large online trait data bases in plant ecology, such as LEDA (Kleyer et al. 2008) and TRY (Kattge et al.”
Which plant traits predict species loss in calcareous grasslands with extinction debt? (2012, methodology): “Life-history trait values were extracted from the BiolFlor database (Klotz et al., 2002), the Seed Information Database (Royal Botanic Gardens, 2005), the LEDA database (Kleyer et al., 2008) and the Ecological Flora Database (Fitter & Peat, 1994).”
Soil seed banks in plant invasions: promoting species invasiveness and long-term impact on plant community dynamics. (2012, background): “Some evidence on how seed longevity is distributed among invasive species and potentially associated with invasiveness can be obtained from data collated recently by the LEDA project (Kleyer et al. 2008) and here analysed in Fig.”
Global legume diversity assessment: Concepts, key indicators, and strategies (2013, background): “Legume abundance is a significant factor that influences the rate of carbon and nitrogen accumulation in ecosystems (Knops & Tilman, 2000; Knops & al., 2002).”