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- Ten (mostly) simple rules to future‐proof trait data in ecological and evolutionary sciences
- Abstract
- Traits have become a crucial part of ecological and evolutionary sciences, helping researchers understand the function of an organism's morphology, physiology, growth and life history, with effects on fitness, behaviour, interactions with the environment and ecosystem processes. However, measuring, compiling and analysing trait data comes with data-scientific challenges.
- We offer 10 (mostly) simple rules, with some detailed extensions, as a guide in making critical decisions that consider the entire life cycle of trait data.
- This article is particularly motivated by its last rule, that is, to propagate good practice. It has the intention of bringing awareness of how data on the traits of organisms can be collected and managed for reuse by the research community.
- Trait observations are relevant to a broad interdisciplinary community of field biologists, synthesis ecologists, evolutionary biologists, computer scientists and database managers. We hope these basic guidelines can be useful as a starter for active communication in disseminating such integrative knowledge and in how to make trait data future-proof. We invite the scientific community to participate in this effort at http://opentraits.org/best-practices.html.
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- https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000888491400001
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- Keller, A.; Ankenbrand, M.J.; Bruelheide, H.; Dekeyzer, S.; Enquist, B.J.; Erfanian, M.B.; Falster, D.S.; Gallagher, R.V.; Hammock, J.; Kattge, J.; Leonhardt, S.D.; Madin, J.S.; Maitner, B.; Neyret, M.; Onstein, R.E.; Pearse, W.D.; Poelen, J.H.; Salguero-Gómez, R.; Schneider, F.D.; Tóth, A.B.; Penone, C. (2023). Ten (mostly) simple rules to future‐proof trait data in ecological and evolutionary sciences. Methods Ecol. Evol. 14(2): 444-458. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.14033
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- Alexander Keller
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- Markus Ankenbrand
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- Helge Bruelheide
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- Stefanie Dekeyzer
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- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9525-2742
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- Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
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- Brian Enquist
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- Mohammad Bagher Erfanian
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- Daniel Falster
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- Rachael Gallagher
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- Jennifer Hammock
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- Jens Kattge
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- Sara Leonhardt
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- Joshua Madin
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- Brian Maitner
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- Margot Neyret
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- Renske Onstein
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- William Pearse
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- Jorrit Poelen
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- Roberto Salguero-Gómez
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- Florian Schneider
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- Anikó Tóth
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- Caterina Penone