Vynokurov Denys, Borovyk Dariia, Chusova Olha, Davydova Anastasia, Davydov Denys, Danihelka Jiří, Dembicz Iwona, Iemelianova Svitlana, Kolomiiets Ganna, Moysiyenko Ivan, Shapoval Viktor, Shynder Oleksandr, Skobel Nadiia, Buzhdygan Oksana, Kuzemko Anna
Department of Geobotany and Ecology, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine Department of Geobotany and Ecology, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kyiv Ukraine.
Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) Leioa Spain.
Biodivers Data J. 2024 Feb 13;12:e118128. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e118128. eCollection 2024.
Considering the growing demand for plant trait data and taking into account the lack of trait data from Eastern Europe, especially from its steppic region, we launched a new Ukrainian Plant Trait Database (UkrTrait v. 1.0) aiming at collecting all the available plant trait data from Ukraine.To facilitate further use of this database, we linked the trait terminology to the TRY Plant Trait Database, Thesaurus of Plant Characteristics (TOP) and Plant Trait Ontology (TO). For taxa names, we provide the crosswalks between the Ukrainian checklist and international sources, i.e. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (World Checklist of Vascular Plants (World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), World Flora Online (WFO) and Euro+Med PlantBase. We aim to integrate our data into the relevant global (TRY Plant Trait Database) and pan-European (FloraVeg.EU) databases. The current version of the database is freely available at the Zenodo repository and will be updated in the future.
Until now, plant traits for the Ukrainian flora were scattered across literature, often focusing on single species and written mainly in Ukrainian. Additionally, many traits were in grey literature or remained non-digitised, which rendered them inaccessible to the global scientific community. Addressing this gap, our Ukrainian Plant Trait Database (UkrTrait v. 1.0) represents a significant step forward. We compiled and digitised plant traits from local Ukrainian literature sources. Furthermore, we performed our own field and laboratory measurements of various plant traits that were not previously available in literature. In the current version of the UkrTrait, we focus on vascular plant species that are absent from the other European trait databases, with emphasis on species that are representative for the steppe vegetation. Traits assembled from literature include life span (annuals, biennials, perennials), plant height, flowering period (flowering months), life form (by Raunkiaer), plant growth form and others. Our own measured traits include seed mass, seed shape, leaf area, leaf nitrogen concentration and leaf phosphorus concentration. The current version, i.e. UkrTrait v. 1.0, comprises digitised literature data of 287,948 records of 75 traits for 6,198 taxa and our own trait measurements of 2,390 records of 12 traits for 388 taxa.
鉴于对植物性状数据的需求不断增长，同时考虑到东欧尤其是其草原地区缺乏性状数据，我们推出了新的乌克兰植物性状数据库（UkrTrait v. 1.0），旨在收集乌克兰所有可用的植物性状数据。为便于该数据库的进一步使用，我们将性状术语与TRY植物性状数据库、植物特征词库（TOP）和植物性状本体（TO）建立了链接。对于分类群名称，我们提供了乌克兰分类名录与国际数据源之间的对照表，即全球生物多样性信息网络骨干分类法、维管植物世界名录（维管植物世界名录（维管植物世界名录（WCVP））、世界植物在线（WFO）和欧洲 + 地中海植物数据库。我们旨在将我们的数据整合到相关的全球（TRY植物性状数据库）和泛欧洲（FloraVeg.EU）数据库中。该数据库的当前版本可在Zenodo知识库中免费获取，并将在未来进行更新。
到目前为止，乌克兰植物区系的植物性状分散在文献中，通常侧重于单一物种，且主要用乌克兰语撰写。此外，许多性状存在于灰色文献中或仍未数字化，这使得全球科学界无法获取这些信息。为填补这一空白，我们的乌克兰植物性状数据库（UkrTrait v. 1.0）向前迈出了重要一步。我们从乌克兰当地文献来源中汇编并数字化了植物性状。此外，我们对文献中以前没有的各种植物性状进行了自己的实地和实验室测量。在UkrTrait的当前版本中，我们关注的是其他欧洲性状数据库中没有的维管植物物种，重点是代表草原植被的物种。从文献中收集的性状包括寿命（一年生、二年生、多年生）、株高、花期（开花月份）、生活型（按劳恩凯尔分类）、植物生长型等。我们自己测量的性状包括种子质量、种子形状、叶面积、叶片氮浓度和叶片磷浓度。当前版本即UkrTrait v. 1.0包括6198个分类群的75个性状的287,948条记录的数字化文献数据以及388个分类群的12个性状的2390条记录的我们自己的性状测量数据。
