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@article{garnier17,
title = {Towards a thesaurus of plant characteristics: an ecological contribution},
volume = {105},
issn = {1365-2745},
shorttitle = {Towards a thesaurus of plant characteristics},
doi = {10.1111/1365-2745.12698},
abstract = {* Ecological research produces a tremendous amount of data, but the diversity in scales and topics covered and the ways in which studies are carried out result in large numbers of small, idiosyncratic data sets using heterogeneous terminologies. Such heterogeneity can be attributed, in part, to a lack of standards for acquiring, organizing and describing data. Here, we propose a terminological resource, a Thesaurus Of Plant characteristics (TOP), whose aim is to harmonize and formalize concepts for plant characteristics widely used in ecology.
* TOP concentrates on two types of plant characteristics: traits and environmental associations. It builds on previous initiatives for several aspects: (i) characteristics are designed following the entity-quality (EQ) model (a characteristic is modelled as the `Quality' of an `Entity' ) used in the context of Open Biological Ontologies; (ii) whenever possible, the Entities and Qualities are taken from existing terminology standards, mainly the Plant Ontology (PO) and Phenotypic Quality Ontology (PATO) ontologies; and (iii) whenever a characteristic already has a definition, if appropriate, it is reused and referenced. The development of TOP, which complies with semantic web principles, was carried out through the involvement of experts from both the ecology and the semantics research communities. Regular updates of TOP are planned, based on community feedback and involvement.
* TOP provides names, definitions, units, synonyms and related terms for about 850 plant characteristics. TOP is available online (www.top-thesaurus.org), and can be browsed using an alphabetical list of characteristics, a hierarchical tree of characteristics, a faceted and a free-text search, and through an Application Programming Interface.
* Synthesis. Harmonizing definitions of concepts, as proposed by TOP, forms the basis for better integration of data across heterogeneous data sets and terminologies, thereby increasing the potential for data reuse. It also allows enhanced scientific synthesis. TOP therefore has the potential to improve research and communication not only within the field of ecology, but also in related fields with interest in plant functioning and distribution.},
language = {en},
timestamp = {2017-09-12T13:20:38Z},
number = {2},
urldate = {2017-09-12},
journal = {Journal of Ecology},
author = {Garnier, Eric and Stahl, Ulrike and Laporte, Marie-Ang{\'e}lique and Kattge, Jens and Mougenot, Isabelle and K{\"u}hn, Ingolf and Laporte, Baptiste and Amiaud, Bernard and Ahrestani, Farshid S. and B{\"o}nisch, Gerhard and Bunker, Daniel E. and Cornelissen, J. Hans C. and D{\'\i}az, Sandra and Enquist, Brian J. and Gachet, Sophie and Jaureguiberry, Pedro and Kleyer, Michael and Lavorel, Sandra and Maicher, Lutz and P{\'e}rez-Harguindeguy, Natalia and Poorter, Hendrik and Schildhauer, Mark and Shipley, Bill and Violle, Cyrille and Weiher, Evan and Wirth, Christian and Wright, Ian J. and Klotz, Stefan},
month = mar,
year = {2017},
keywords = {biodiversity,controlled vocabulary,Ecology,informatics,ontology,plant characteristics,plant environmental association,plant trait,semantics,thesaurus},
pages = {298--309},
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}
@article{parr16,
title = {{{TraitBank}}: {{Practical}} semantics for organism attribute data},
volume = {7},
issn = {1570-0844},
shorttitle = {{{TraitBank}}},
doi = {10.3233/SW-150190},
abstract = {Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) has developed TraitBank (http://eol.org/traitbank ), a new repository for organism attribute (trait) data. TraitBank aggregates, manages and serves attribute data for organisms across the tree of life, including life histor},
timestamp = {2017-09-12T13:27:03Z},
number = {6},
urldate = {2017-09-12},
journal = {Semantic Web},
author = {Parr, Cynthia S. and Schulz, Katja S. and Hammock, Jennifer and Wilson, Nathan and Leary, Patrick and Rice, Jeremy and Jr, Corrigan and J, Robert},
month = jan,
year = {2016},
pages = {577--588},
file = {Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\flschneider\\AppData\\Roaming\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\iyypt4z2.default\\zotero\\storage\\35625QHQ\\sw190.html:;Parr et al_2016_TraitBank.pdf:C\:\\Users\\flschneider\\Documents\\library\\paper\\Parr et al_2016_TraitBank.pdf:application/pdf}
}
@article{laporte13,
title = {A faceted search system for facilitating discovery-driven scientific activities: a use case from functional ecology},
volume = {25},
shorttitle = {A faceted search system for facilitating discovery-driven scientific activities},
timestamp = {2017-09-12T14:17:03Z},
urldate = {2017-09-12},
journal = {Semantics for Biodiversity (S4BioDiv 2013)},
author = {Laporte, Marie-Ang{\'e}lique and Garnier, Eric and Mougenot, Isabelle},
year = {2013},
file = {Laporte et al_2013_A faceted search system for facilitating discovery-driven scientific activities.pdf:C\:\\Users\\flschneider\\Documents\\library\\paper\\Laporte et al_2013_A faceted search system for facilitating discovery-driven scientific activities.pdf:application/pdf}
}
@article{wickham14,
title = {Tidy data},
volume = {59},
doi = {10.18637/jss.v059.i10},
abstract = {A huge amount of effort is spent cleaning data to get it ready for analysis, but there has been little research on how to make data cleaning as easy and effective as possible. This paper tackles a small, but important, component of data cleaning: data tidying. Tidy datasets are easy to manipulate, model and visualize, and have a specific structure: each variable is a column, each observation is a row, and each type of observational unit is a table. This framework makes it easy to tidy messy datasets because only a small set of tools are needed to deal with a wide range of un-tidy datasets. This structure also makes it easier to develop tidy tools for data analysis, tools that both input and output tidy datasets. The advantages of a consistent data structure and matching tools are demonstrated with a case study free from mundane data manipulation chores.},
timestamp = {2017-09-25T13:04:43Z},
number = {10},
urldate = {2017-09-25},
journal = {Journal of Statistical Software},
author = {Wickham, Hadley},
year = {2014},
pages = {1--23}
}
@article{guralnick16,
title = {The importance of digitized biocollections as a source of trait data and a new {{VertNet}} resource},
volume = {2016},
doi = {10.1093/database/baw158},
abstract = {For vast areas of the globe and large parts of the tree of life, data needed to inform trait diversity is incomplete. Such trait data, when fully assembled, however, form the link between the evolutionary history of organisms, their assembly into communities, and the nature and functioning of ecosystems. Recent efforts to close data gaps have focused on collating trait-by-species databases, which only provide species-level, aggregated value ranges for traits of interest and often lack the direct observations on which those ranges are based. Perhaps under-appreciated is that digitized biocollection records collectively contain a vast trove of trait data measured directly from individuals, but this content remains hidden and highly heterogeneous, impeding discoverability and use. We developed and deployed a suite of openly accessible software tools in order to collate a full set of trait descriptions and extract two key traits, body length and mass, from \>18 million specimen records in VertNet, a global biodiversity data publisher and aggregator. We tested success rate of these tools against hand-checked validation data sets and characterized quality and quantity. A post-processing toolkit was developed to standardize and harmonize data sets, and to integrate this improved content into VertNet for broadest reuse. The result of this work was to add more than 1.5 million harmonized measurements on vertebrate body mass and length directly to specimen records. Rates of false positives and negatives for extracted data were extremely low. We also created new tools for filtering, querying, and assembling this research-ready vertebrate trait content for view and download. Our work has yielded a novel database and platform for harmonized trait content that will grow as tools introduced here become part of publication workflows. We close by noting how this effort extends to new communities already developing similar digitized content.Database URL: http://portal.vertnet.org/search?advanced=1},
timestamp = {2017-10-13T08:49:21Z},
number = {0},
urldate = {2017-10-13},
journal = {Database},
author = {Guralnick, Robert P. and Zermoglio, Paula F. and Wieczorek, John and LaFrance, Raphael and Bloom, David and Russell, Laura},
month = jan,
year = {2016}
}
@article{wieczorek12,
title = {Darwin {{Core}}: an evolving community-developed biodiversity data standard},
volume = {7},
shorttitle = {Darwin {{Core}}},
timestamp = {2017-10-13T09:53:12Z},
number = {1},
urldate = {2017-10-13},
journal = {PloS one},
author = {Wieczorek, John and Bloom, David and Guralnick, Robert and Blum, Stan and D{\"o}ring, Markus and Giovanni, Renato and Robertson, Tim and Vieglais, David},
year = {2012},
pages = {e29715}
}
@misc{gbif17,
title = {Darwin {{Core Archives}} - {{How}}-to {{Guide}}},
timestamp = {2017-11-08T09:54:25Z},
urldate = {2017-11-08},
howpublished = {\url{http://eol.org/info/structured_data_archives}},
author = {GBIF},
collaborator = {Braak, Kyle and Remsen, David and D{\"o}ring, Markus and Robertson, Tim},
month = may,
year = {2017},
file = {Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\flschneider\\AppData\\Roaming\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\iyypt4z2.default\\zotero\\storage\\QTAI49DT\\DwCAHowToGuide.html:}
}
@misc{robertson09,
title = {Darwin {{Core Text Guide}}},
copyright = {This document is governed by the standard legal, copyright, licensing provisions and disclaimers issued by the Taxonomic Databases Working Group.},
abstract = {Guidelines for implementing Darwin Core in Text files.},
language = {en},
timestamp = {2017-11-08T10:03:53Z},
urldate = {2017-11-08},
howpublished = {\url{http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/guides/text/index.htm}},
author = {Robertson, Tim and D{\"o}ring, Markus and Wieczorek, John and {De Giovanni}, Renato and Vieglais, David},
month = feb,
year = {2009},
file = {Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\flschneider\\AppData\\Roaming\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\iyypt4z2.default\\zotero\\storage\\SWCV8EQT\\index.html:}
}
@article{cornelissen03,
title = {A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide},
volume = {51},
timestamp = {2017-11-08T10:17:35Z},
number = {4},
journal = {Australian journal of Botany},
author = {Cornelissen, J. H. C. and Lavorel, S. and Garnier, E. and Diaz, S. and Buchmann, N. and Gurvich, D. E. and Reich, P. B. and {Ter Steege}, H. and Morgan, H. D. and {Van Der Heijden}, M. G. A.},
year = {2003},
pages = {335--380},
file = {Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\flschneider\\AppData\\Roaming\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\iyypt4z2.default\\zotero\\storage\\MD7TCIEE\\BT02124.html:}
}
@article{berners-lee01,
title = {The semantic web},
volume = {284},
timestamp = {2017-11-08T11:38:38Z},
number = {5},
journal = {Scientific american},
author = {Berners-Lee, Tim and Hendler, James and Lassila, Ora},
year = {2001},
pages = {28--37},
file = {Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\flschneider\\AppData\\Roaming\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\iyypt4z2.default\\zotero\\storage\\HAT7JDX7\\Berners-Lee et al. - 2001 - The semantic web.pdf:application/pdf;Fulltext:C\:\\Users\\flschneider\\AppData\\Roaming\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\iyypt4z2.default\\zotero\\storage\\VC9WCTTB\\Berners-Lee et al. - 2001 - The semantic web.pdf:application/pdf}
}
@article{perez-harguindeguy13,
title = {New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide},
volume = {61},
timestamp = {2017-11-08T12:50:52Z},
number = {3},
journal = {Australian Journal of botany},
author = {Perez-Harguindeguy, Natalia and Diaz, Sandra and Garnier, Eric and Lavorel, Sandra and Poorter, Hendrik and Jaureguiberry, Pedro and Bret-Harte, M. S. and Cornwell, William K. and Craine, Joseph M. and Gurvich, Diego E.},
year = {2013},
pages = {167--234},
file = {Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\flschneider\\AppData\\Roaming\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\iyypt4z2.default\\zotero\\storage\\GEMSJRN6\\bt12225.html:;Perez-Harguindeguy et al_2013_New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide.pdf:C\:\\Users\\flschneider\\Documents\\library\\paper\\Perez-Harguindeguy et al_2013_New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide.pdf:application/pdf}
}
@misc{braak11,
title = {Darwin {{Core Archives}} {\textendash} {{How}}-to {{Guide}}, version 2.0},
copyright = {CC-BY-4.0},
timestamp = {2017-10-30T11:43:02Z},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/gbif/ipt/wiki/DwCAHowToGuide}},
journal = {Copenhagen: Global Biodiversity Information Facility},
author = {Braak, Kyle},
collaborator = {Remsen, D and D{\"o}ring, Markus and Robertson, Tim},
month = may,
year = {2011}
}
@misc{creativecommons,
title = {Data},
timestamp = {2017-11-09T14:06:06Z},
urldate = {2017-11-09},
howpublished = {\url{https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Data}},
author = {{Creative Commons}},
file = {Data - Creative Commons:C\:\\Users\\flschneider\\AppData\\Roaming\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\iyypt4z2.default\\zotero\\storage\\NUREWBS2\\Data.html:}
}
@misc{gbif17a,
title = {{{GBIF Metadata Profile}} {\textendash} {{How}}-to {{Guide}}},
shorttitle = {ipt},
timestamp = {2017-11-14T13:17:06Z},
urldate = {2017-11-10},
publisher = {{Copenhagen: Global Biodiversity Information Facility}},
author = {GBIF},
collaborator = {Tuama, O},
month = oct,
year = {2017},
file = {Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\flschneider\\AppData\\Roaming\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\iyypt4z2.default\\zotero\\storage\\N25I6WS6\\GMPHowToGuide.html:}
}
@misc{digitalcurationcentre11,
title = {{{EML}} - {{Ecological Metadata Language}}},
timestamp = {2017-11-10T15:35:39Z},
urldate = {2017-11-10},
howpublished = {\url{http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/metadata-standards/eml-ecological-metadata-language}},
author = {{Digital Curation Centre}},
year = {2011},
file = {EML - Ecological Metadata Language | Digital Curation Centre:C\:\\Users\\flschneider\\AppData\\Roaming\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\iyypt4z2.default\\zotero\\storage\\2GTQ8SJV\\eml-ecological-metadata-language.html:}
}
@misc{knb11,
title = {Ecological {{Metadata Language}} ({{EML}}) {{Specification}}},
timestamp = {2017-11-10T15:39:00Z},
urldate = {2017-11-10},
howpublished = {\url{https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/\#external//emlparser/docs/eml-2.1.1/index.html}},
journal = {The Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity},
author = {KNB},
year = {2011},
file = {KNB:C\:\\Users\\flschneider\\AppData\\Roaming\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\iyypt4z2.default\\zotero\\storage\\XKPRB8E4\\knb.ecoinformatics.org.html:}
}
@article{gossner15,
title = {A Summary of Eight Traits of {{Coleoptera}}, {{Hemiptera}}, {{Orthoptera}} and {{Araneae}}, Occurring in Grasslands in {{Germany}}},
volume = {2},
issn = {2052-4463},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4413242/},
doi = {10.1038/sdata.2015.13},
abstract = {Analyses of species traits have increased our understanding of how environmental drivers such as disturbances affect the composition of arthropod communities and related processes. There are, however, few studies on which traits in the arthropod community are affected by environmental changes and which traits affect ecosystem functioning. The assembly of arthropod traits of several taxa is difficult because of the large number of species, limited availability of trait databases and differences in available traits. We sampled arthropod species data from a total of 150 managed grassland plots in three regions of Germany. These plots represent the spectrum from extensively used pastures to mown pastures to intensively managed and fertilized meadows. In this paper, we summarize information on body size, dispersal ability, feeding guild and specialization (within herbivores), feeding mode, feeding tissue (within herbivorous suckers), plant part (within herbivorous chewers), endophagous lifestyle (within herbivores), and vertical stratum use for 1,230 species of Coleoptera, Hemiptera (Heteroptera, Auchenorrhyncha), Orthoptera (Saltatoria: Ensifera, Caelifera), and Araneae, sampled by sweep-netting between 2008 and 2012. We compiled traits from various literature sources and complemented data from reliable internet sources and the authors’ experience.},
journaltitle = {Scientific Data},
shortjournal = {Sci Data},
urldate = {2016-03-23},
date = {2015-03-31},
pages = {150013},
author = {Gossner, Martin M and Simons, Nadja K and Achtziger, Roland and Blick, Theo and Dorow, Wolfgang H.O and Dziock, Frank and Köhler, Frank and Rabitsch, Wolfgang and Weisser, Wolfgang W},
file = {D:\\Zotero\\storage\\CPNDWEKM\\Gossner et al. - 2015 - A summary of eight traits of Coleoptera, Hemiptera.pdf},
eprinttype = {pmid},
eprint = {25977817},
pmcid = {PMC4413242}
}
@article{wilkinson16,
langid = {english},
title = {The {{FAIR Guiding Principles}} for Scientific Data Management and Stewardship},
volume = {3},
url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201618},
doi = {10.1038/sdata.2016.18},
abstract = {There is an urgent need to improve the infrastructure supporting the reuse of scholarly data. A diverse set of stakeholders—representing academia, industry, funding agencies, and scholarly publishers—have come together to design and jointly endorse a concise and measureable set of principles that we refer to as the FAIR Data Principles. The intent is that these may act as a guideline for those wishing to enhance the reusability of their data holdings. Distinct from peer initiatives that focus on the human scholar, the FAIR Principles put specific emphasis on enhancing the ability of machines to automatically find and use the data, in addition to supporting its reuse by individuals. This Comment is the first formal publication of the FAIR Principles, and includes the rationale behind them, and some exemplar implementations in the community.},
journaltitle = {Scientific Data},
urldate = {2018-09-10},
date = {2016-03-15},
pages = {160018},
keywords = {_tablet},
author = {Wilkinson, Mark D. and Dumontier, Michel and Aalbersberg, IJsbrand Jan and Appleton, Gabrielle and Axton, Myles and Baak, Arie and Blomberg, Niklas and Boiten, Jan-Willem and Santos, Luiz Bonino da Silva and Bourne, Philip E. and Bouwman, Jildau and Brookes, Anthony J. and Clark, Tim and Crosas, Mercè and Dillo, Ingrid and Dumon, Olivier and Edmunds, Scott and Evelo, Chris T. and Finkers, Richard and Gonzalez-Beltran, Alejandra and Gray, Alasdair J. G. and Groth, Paul and Goble, Carole and Grethe, Jeffrey S. and Heringa, Jaap and ’t Hoen, Peter A. C. and Hooft, Rob and Kuhn, Tobias and Kok, Ruben and Kok, Joost and Lusher, Scott J. and Martone, Maryann E. and Mons, Albert and Packer, Abel L. and Persson, Bengt and Rocca-Serra, Philippe and Roos, Marco and van Schaik, Rene and Sansone, Susanna-Assunta and Schultes, Erik and Sengstag, Thierry and Slater, Ted and Strawn, George and Swertz, Morris A. and Thompson, Mark and van der Lei, Johan and van Mulligen, Erik and Velterop, Jan and Waagmeester, Andra and Wittenburg, Peter and Wolstencroft, Katherine and Zhao, Jun and Mons, Barend},
file = {F:\\Work\\library\\paper\\Wilkinson et al 2016 The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship.pdf;D:\\Zotero\\storage\\88M6P2CD\\sdata201618.html}
}
@article{kissling18,
langid = {english},
title = {Towards Global Data Products of {{Essential Biodiversity Variables}} on Species Traits},
volume = {2},
issn = {2397-334X},
url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0667-3},
doi = {10.1038/s41559-018-0667-3},
abstract = {Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) are intended to provide standardized measurements for reporting biodiversity change. Here, the authors outline the conceptual and empirical basis for the use of EBVs based on species traits, and highlight tools necessary for creating comprehensive EBV data products.},
number = {10},
journaltitle = {Nature Ecology \& Evolution},
urldate = {2018-10-02},
date = {2018-10},
pages = {1531-1540},
keywords = {_tablet},
author = {Kissling, W. Daniel and Walls, Ramona and Bowser, Anne and Jones, Matthew O. and Kattge, Jens and Agosti, Donat and Amengual, Josep and Basset, Alberto and van Bodegom, Peter M. and Cornelissen, Johannes H. C. and Denny, Ellen G. and Deudero, Salud and Egloff, Willi and Elmendorf, Sarah C. and García, Enrique Alonso and Jones, Katherine D. and Jones, Owen R. and Lavorel, Sandra and Lear, Dan and Navarro, Laetitia M. and Pawar, Samraat and Pirzl, Rebecca and Rüger, Nadja and Sal, Sofia and Salguero-Gómez, Roberto and Schigel, Dmitry and Schulz, Katja-Sabine and Skidmore, Andrew and Guralnick, Robert P.},
file = {F:\\Work\\library\\paper\\Kissling et al 2018 Towards global data products of Essential Biodiversity Variables on species.pdf;D:\\Zotero\\storage\\GLVSAIBL\\s41559-018-0667-3.html}
}
@article{kattge11a,
langid = {english},
title = {A Generic Structure for Plant Trait Databases},
volume = {2},
issn = {2041-210X},
url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00067.x/abstract},
doi = {10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00067.x},
abstract = {1. Plant traits are fundamental for understanding and predicting vegetation responses to global changes, and they provide a promising basis towards a more quantitative and predictive approach to ecology. As a consequence, information on plant traits is rapidly accumulating, and there is a growing need for efficient database tools that enable the assembly and synthesis of trait data. 2. Plant traits are highly heterogeneous, exhibit a low degree of standardization and are linked and interdependent at various levels of biological organization: tissue, organ, plant and population. Therefore, they often require ancillary data for interpretation, including descriptors of the biotic and abiotic environment, methods and taxonomic relationships. 3. We introduce a generic database structure that is tailored to accommodate plant trait complexity and is consistent with current theoretical approaches to characterize the structure of observational data. The over-arching utility of the proposed database structure is illustrated based on two independent plant trait database projects. 4. The generic database structure proposed here is meant to serve as a flexible blueprint for future plant trait databases, improving data discovery, and ensuring compatibility among them.},
number = {2},
journaltitle = {Methods in Ecology and Evolution},
urldate = {2017-12-12},
date = {2011-04-01},
pages = {202-213},
keywords = {ancillary data,bio-informatics,covariates,dimensional data model,eco-informatics,functional biodiversity,hierarchical data structure,relational database,star-scheme},
author = {Kattge, Jens and Ogle, Kiona and Bönisch, Gerhard and Díaz, Sandra and Lavorel, Sandra and Madin, Joshua and Nadrowski, Karin and Nöllert, Stephanie and Sartor, Karla and Wirth, Christian},
file = {D:\\Zotero\\storage\\FGCB29E4\\Kattge et al. - 2011 - A generic structure for plant trait databases.pdf;D:\\Zotero\\storage\\AIM3GP7N\\abstract.html}
}
@article{gossner15a,
title = {Morphometric Measures of {{Heteroptera}} Sampled in Grasslands across Three Regions of {{Germany}}},
volume = {96},
url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/14-2159.1/full},
number = {4},
journaltitle = {Ecology},
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