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@dfalster dfalster released this 11 Jul 22:57
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v2.0.0
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This is major release of the AusTraits database.

  • austraits-2.0.0.zip: contains the compiled dataset and detailed of structure
  • austraits-2.0.0.rds: contains a version of the dataset for direct loading in R
  • source code (v2.0.0.zip): contains the source materials used to build the compiled dataset

For details on access, structure and usage please visit https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3568417

This release was generated from source materials available at
https://github.com/traitecoevo/austraits.build/releases/tag/v2.0.0

A full set of changes in the source can be viewed at:
v1.0.0...v2.0.0

Compared to the last version, this release

  • Entails a substantial reworking of taxonomic alignments. We have switched from aligning against The Plant List (no longer updated) to aligning against the Australian Plant Census (best taxonomic information for Australian Plants).
  • Also additions of new data and improvement of old data, mainly by Lizzy Wenk.
  • The total number of taxa has apparently decreased, but many of the previous names were unmatched. Successful identifying and updating synonyms reduces the total taxa count, but with a higher fraction known:
    • v1.0.0: 20,783 known taxa, 2,979 unknown
    • v2.0.0: 21,143 known taxa, 1,397 unknown
  • This switch involves some renaming:
    • species_name replaced by taxon_name, species replaced by taxon / taxa
    • the dataframe taxonomy and been renamed taxa
    • additional of new dataframe taxonomic_updates showing all taxonomic updates
version dataset_id taxa sites traits records
v1.0.0 243 23383 4196 345 656467
v2.0.0 256 22540 4475 362 677087

This release contains:

  • 15 new sources added to the dataset: Caldwell_2016,
    Cheesman_2020, Choat_2006, Choat_2012, Geange_2020,
    Gosper_2004, Gosper_2012, Gosper_2018, Jordan_2015,
    Jordan_2020, Kirkpatrick_2020, McGlone_2015, Meers_2007,
    Read_2003, Williams_2011

  • 2 sources removed– most replaced by corrected or updated sources
    above: Meers_2010, Williams_2020_1

  • 29434 new or updated records for 73 existing traits

  • 1503 new records for 16 new traits: competitive_stratum,
    guard_cell_length, hydraulic_safety_margin_50,
    leaf_transpiration, leaf_work_to_punch,
    leaf_work_to_punch_adjusted, leaf_work_to_shear,
    leaf_work_to_shear_adjusted, leaf_work_to_tear,
    leaf_work_to_tear_adjusted, parasitic, ploidy,
    stomatal_distribution, time_from_fire_to_fruit,
    water_potential_50percent_lost_conductivity,
    water_potential_88percent_lost_conductivity

  • 20 new contributors: Aina Price, Alex Cheesman, Amanda Spooner,
    Amy Hahs, Ben Richardson, Brendan Choat, Carl Gosper, Catherine
    Tait, Colin Yates, Elizabeth Caldwell, Helen Coleman, Hellmut R.
    Toelken, James Kirkpatrick, Matthew McGlone, Monique Hallet, Raymond
    Carpenter, Richard Duncan, Sabine Kasel, Steven Clemants, Suzanne
    Prober

Details on new studies:

dataset_id taxa locations traits records
Caldwell_2016 20 2 6 598
Cheesman_2020 88 2 12 1685
Choat_2006 4 3 16 948
Choat_2012 37 15 4 104
Geange_2020 1 1 5 487
Gosper_2004 25 4 5 48
Gosper_2012 344 1 7 1870
Gosper_2018 117 1 8 536
Jordan_2015 61 36 4 248
Jordan_2020 1101 215 19 4464
Kirkpatrick_2020 215 1 4 418
McGlone_2015 1330 4 6 8205
Meers_2007 127 1 11 1378
Read_2003 16 2 19 890
Williams_2011 943 1 12 9058
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