AusTraits v6.0.0

This is a major release of the AusTraits database.

• austraits-6.0.0.zip: contains the compiled dataset and details of
  structure
• austraits-6.0.0.rds: contains a version of the dataset for direct
  loading in R
• source code v6.0.0.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/v6.0.0 A
full set of changes in the source can be viewed at:
v5.0.0...v6.0.0

Compared to the last version, this release contains substantial
additions of new data and improvement of old data.

version	dataset_id	taxa	locations	traits	records
5.0.0	363	33402	4894	494	1813897
6.0.0	364	33494	4894	497	1726024

This is a major release of AusTraits as it involves removal of some old error-prone data. Additionally, we've added new traits and metadata.

• 2 new sources added to the dataset: NHNSW_2024, Stephens_2024

  • Stephen_2024: additional trait data from EUCLID
  • NHNSW_2024: 597 taxa had previously been missing from the PlantNet datasets

• 1 sources removed– most replaced by corrected or updated sources
  above: WAH_2016

• 15095 new or updated records for 35 existing traits

  • Adding more specific references:

    • Add species-level authorship to all flora data, as designated in the floras.
    • For Wenk_2022 and Wenk_2023, the two “Complete Traits” datasets, add in the references for the manually looked-up taxa.

  • Fixing errors, removing outdated data

    • Mainly removing duplicate and outdated trait data from floras that were scraped once when AusTraits was first being developed and were scraped again in 2022/2023. This removes trait values that were duplicated between the two scrapings, with the newer values being preferentially retained. All non-duplicate values were manually checked and removed if the original values was determined to be an error.

• 4705 new records for 3 new traits: bud_length, bud_width,
  buds_per_inflorescence

Details on new studies:

dataset_id	taxa	locations	traits	records
NHNSW_2024	597	1	33	6371
Stephens_2024	981	1	9	13429

AusTraits v5.0.0

AusTraits v5.0.0

This is a major release of the AusTraits database.

• austraits-5.0.0.zip: contains the compiled dataset and details of
  structure
• austraits-5.0.0.rds: contains a version of the dataset for direct
  loading in R
• source code v5.0.0.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/v5.0.0 A
full set of changes in the source can be viewed at:
v4.2.0...v5.0.0

Compared to the last version, this release contains substantial
additions of new data and improvement of old data.

version	dataset_id	taxa	locations	traits	records
4.2.0	363	34262	5176	494	1848570
5.0.0	363	33402	4894	494	1813897

This release contains:

• 34673 records removed from the dataset: these datapoints were previously excluded (e.g. because they are exotics or poor quality), but that were inadvertently added into v 4.2.0. Now removed again. - restructruign of columns, as noted below.

This is the first AusTraits release to be compiled using the {traits.build} R package, available at https://github.com/traitecoevo/traits.build. The workflow is a refined version of the R-scripted pipeline previously used to compile AusTraits and the output structure has not changed, other than on-going minor fine-tuning, as detailed below.

Taxonomy: New AusTraits-specific functions relating to taxonomy have been written that utilise the package {APCalign}. One new function, build_align_taxon_names uses the function APCalign::align_taxa() to standardise syntax, correct typos, and ensure taxon names are aligned with some name on the APC or APNI lists. The second function, build_update_taxon_list uses the function APCalign:update_taxonomy to build a new taxon_list.csv file for the config/ folder. This file is then used by traits.build::dataset_update_taxonomy to update names to their currently accepted taxon name, when possible.

Edits were made to many dataset metadata files to align with these changes.

Changes to table structure:

• method_id was added, so that when the same trait was measured using multiple methods, these could be distinguished between
• the context identifiers were renamed to method_context_id, temporal_context_id, entity_context_id, plot_context_id, treatment_context_id to be more explicit
• austraits_curators became dataset_curators
• added repeat_measurements_id for trait measurements that are response curves, both to unify the repeated measurements that comprise a single "measurement" and also to capture the order of the measurements

No datasets have been added for this release. However, some metadata file changes exist, in particular to metadata[["taxonomic_updates"]], including removing duplicate taxonomic_updates or unneeded taxonomic updates and continued standardisation of taxonomic updates. All original_names in the taxonomic_updates tibble are now aligned to a specified taxon_name - either an informal name assigned through metadata[["taxonomic_updates"]] or a match to a name on the taxon_list.

AusTraits version 4.2.0

This is a minor release of the AusTraits database.

• austraits-4.2.0.zip: contains the compiled dataset and details of the
  structure
• austraits-4.2.0.rds: contains a version of the dataset for direct
  loading in R
• source code v4.2.0.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/v4.2.0

A full set of changes in the source can be viewed at:
https://github.com/traitecoevo/austraits.build/compare/v4.1.0…v4.2.0

Compared to the last version, this release contains substantial
additions of new data and improvement of old data.

version	dataset_id	taxa	locations	traits	records
4.1.0	296	34017	4904	464	1253250
4.2.0	363	34356	5176	494	1849372

This release contains:

• 67 new sources added to the dataset: ABRS_2023, Auld_2000,
  Bradshaw_2022, Britton_1994, Brodribb_2000, Burrows_2008,
  Burrows_2020, Canham_2009, Canham_2023, Collette_2021, Cowling_1987,
  Crowley_2007, deCampos_2013, Draper_2023, Eamus_2000,
  eFLOWER_Dun_2022, Ellsworth_2015, Enright_2014, Gosper_2022,
  Grigg_2008, Groves_1986, Harvey_2017, He_2011, Kocacinar_2003,
  Kubiak_2009, Lawes_2014, Mesaglio_2022, Mitchell_2008, Morgan_2021,
  Nano_2011, NHNSW_2023, NTH_2023, Pate_1990, Pate_1998, Pfautsch_2016,
  Pirralho_2014, Prior_2022, Purdie_1976, RBGV_2023, Richards_2021,
  Rumman_2018, RussellSmith_2012, SAH_2023, Santini_2012, Santini_2013,
  Santini_2016, Searson_2004, Simpson_2021, SinghRamesh_2019,
  SinghRamesh_2023, SmithMartin_2020, Stephens_2023, Sweedman_2006,
  Togashi_2015, Tolsma_2007, Tsakalos_2020, Tsakalos_2022,
  vanderMoezel_1987, WAH_2023_1, WAH_2023_2, Wenk_2023, Wenk_2023_2,
  Wilson_2004, Witkowski_1991, Wooller_2002, Yang_2023, Yunusa_2010

• 56 new contributors: Alasdair Grigg, Arn Tolsma, Arun Singh
  Ramesh, Barbara Wilson, Bradley Simpson, Caroline Canham, Catherine
  Nano, Chris Smith-Martin, David Merritt, David S. Ellsworth, Delny L.
  Britton, Dun Lily, E. T. F. Witkowski, Emrys Leitch, Ferit
  Kocacinar, G. Crowley, Henrique Togashi, Holly Bradshaw, Irene
  Martín-Forés, Isa Yunusa, James Tsakalos, Jeannine Richards, Jenna
  Draper, Jeremy Russell-Smith, John Pate, Judith Harvey, Julia Cooke,
  Justin Collette, Kimberley Simpson, Lestrange Catherine, Lily Dun,
  Luke Sweedman, Mariana de Campos, Marília Pirralho, Matthew J.
  Searson, Nadia S. Santini, Neal Enright, Neil Burrows, Nele
  Schmitz, P. J. Kubiak, Patrick J. Mitchell, Paul van der Moezel, R. M.
  Cowling, Rhys Morgan, Richard Groves, Rizwana Rumman, Roger Fryer,
  Rosemary Purdie, Russell Barrett, Sam Wood, Sebastian Pfautsch,
  Setterfield Samantha, Sophie Yang, Susan Wooller, Thomas Mesaglio,
  Tianhua He

• 0 sources removed– most replaced by corrected or updated sources
  above:

• 531367 new or updated records for 212 existing traits

• 64985 new records for 42 new traits:
  fire_time_from_fire_to_50_percent_flowering,
  fire_time_from_fire_to_50_percent_fruiting,
  fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering,
  fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering_decline,
  fire_time_from_fire_to_fruiting,
  fire_time_from_fire_to_peak_flowering, flower_diameter, flower_length,
  flower_orientation, flower_pollen_length, flowering_cues,
  fruit_colour, hydraulic_safety_margin_88,
  integrated_plant_transpiration, leaf_arrangement,
  leaf_chlorophyll_index_modified_ND705,
  leaf_fluorescence_quantum_yield, leaf_lamina_posture,
  leaf_specific_hydraulic_conductivity, leaf_turgor_loss_point,
  life_history_ephemeral_class, perianth_colour, petiole_length,
  petiole_width,
  plant_alternative_energy_and_nutrient_acquisition_strategy,
  post_fire_flowering, recruitment_time, resprouting_capacity,
  resprouting_capacity_juvenile,
  resprouting_capacity_proportion_individuals,
  sapwood_specific_hydraulic_conductivity,
  sapwood_specific_hydraulic_conductivity_theoretical,
  seed_germination_time, seed_surface_reflectivity, seedbank_location,
  seedbank_longevity, seedbank_longevity_class,
  seedling_establishment_conditions, stem_delta13C, stem_delta15N,
  stem_specific_hydraulic_conductivity,
  water_potential_12percent_lost_conductivity

Details on new studies:

dataset_id	taxa	locations	traits	records
ABRS_2023	14359	1	33	183608
Auld_2000	14	7	4	57
Bradshaw_2022	2	8	6	228
Britton_1994	62	1	1	124
Brodribb_2000	11	2	4	44
Burrows_2008	19	8	4	96
Burrows_2020	1187	1	9	4982
Canham_2009	4	1	4	278
Canham_2023	9	1	12	954
Collette_2021	3978	4	1	3990
Cowling_1987	4	1	13	74
Crowley_2007	2060	1	2	3823
Draper_2023	4068	5	7	12346
Eamus_2000	6	3	3	30
Ellsworth_2015	11	6	16	617
Enright_2014	155	33	3	2315
Gosper_2022	4	2	7	27
Grigg_2008	6	2	22	220
Groves_1986	2	1	48	256
Harvey_2017	180	3	6	1067
He_2011	90	1	4	290
Kocacinar_2003	5	1	6	30
Kubiak_2009	828	3	8	3077
Lawes_2014	9	5	1	9
Mesaglio_2022	303	1	1	593
Mitchell_2008	21	3	12	228
Morgan_2021	10	24	3	165
NHNSW_2023	7984	1	33	96604
NTH_2023	2368	1	33	29412
Nano_2011	1998	1	8	4466
Pate_1990	67	1	5	292
Pate_1998	98	4	7	641
Pfautsch_2016	31	21	6	736
Pirralho_2014	9	1	7	63
Prior_2022	15	5	3	443
Purdie_1976	91	1	9	360
RBGV_2023	5486	1	33	69020
Richards_2021	21	10	14	1510
Rumman_2018	56	8	4	220
RussellSmith_2012	1462	1	4	5976
SAH_2023	3673	1	33	40035
Santini_2012	1	1	3	18
Santini_2013	5	4	4	346
Santini_2016	7	1	8	143
Searson_2004	3	1	5	30
Simpson_2021	288	1	3	608
SinghRamesh_2019	14	24	17	973
SinghRamesh_2023	4	1	25	1775
SmithMartin_2020	8	1	6	115
Stephens_2023	221	1	2	221
Sweedman_2006	2147	1	2	7235
Togashi_2015	37	38	1	226
Tolsma_2007	37	1	7	244
Tsakalos_2020	1280	4	23	22004
Tsakalos_2022	498	1	3	1174
WAH_2023_1	612	1	24	3256
WAH_2023_2	12345	1	16	24568
Wenk_2023	29803	1	1	29803
Wenk_2023_2	245	1	1	278
Wilson_2004	39	1	2	91
Witkowski_1991	3	1	9	30
Wooller_2002	3	1	11	32
Yang_2023	1358	11	19	2635
Yunusa_2010	2	2	3	12
deCampos_2013	8	2	3	24
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	1889	1	35	30769
vanderMoezel_1987	211	1	6	436

Additionally, the release contains improvements to the trait dictionary:

• Revised trait definitions related to fire response, following trait definitions workshop
• Trait definitions file synchronised to the first release of the AusTraits Plant Dictionary. Most importantly, uri's added to each trait definition; these are the resolvable w3id.org/APD identifiers

Fixes to taxonomic_updates and taxon_list:

• Ensure (once again) that as many taxon names as possible align to an APC-known or APC-accepted name
• Continue working to remove duplicate entries that creep into taxon_list.csv

Minor work on the R workflow:

• Update syntax to dplyr 1.10
• Update tests to pass testthat 3.1.8
• Edit metadata_create_template to add proper fields for data_collectors
• Make it possible to add entity_type and value_type from columns by disallowing values from schema

AusTraits version 4.1.0

This is minor release of the AusTraits database.

• austraits-4.1.0.zip: contains the compiled dataset and detailed of
  structure
• austraits-4.1.0.rds: contains a version of the dataset for direct
  loading in R
• source code v4.1.0.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/v4.1.0 A
full set of changes in the source can be viewed at:
https://github.com/traitecoevo/austraits.build/compare/v4.0.0…v4.1.0

Compared to the last version, this release contains substantial
additions of new data and improvement of old data.

version	dataset_id	taxa	locations	traits	records
4.0.0	296	34028	2697	470	1257443
4.1.0	296	34017	2697	464	1253250

This release contains:

• Align units with UCUM standards
• Correct small mistakes in plant woodiness and life history in datasets extracted from national and state floras (ABS_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; NTH_2022)
• Remove a small number of duplicate taxa from taxon.csv
• Fix mistake in process.R script that was duplicating methods for some dataset by trait combinations
• Further standardise trait names

AusTraits 4.0.0

This is major/minor release of the AusTraits database.

• austraits-4.0.0.zip: contains the compiled dataset and detailed of
  structure
• austraits-4.0.0.rds: contains a version of the dataset for direct
  loading in R
• source code v4.0.0.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/v4.0.0.

A full set of changes in the source can be viewed at: https://github.com/traitecoevo/austraits.build/compare/v3.0.2…v4.0.0

Compared to the last version, this release contains substantial additions of new data and improvement of old data.

version	dataset_id	taxa	locations	traits	records
3.0.2	283	28640	4721	448	997808
4.0.0	296	34028	2697	470	1257443

Changes for this release include:

• Established code as a standalone package
• Align variables (column names) with Darwin Core, Dublin Core, and the Ecological Trait-data Standard
• Allowing more metadata to be associated with individual trait measurements instead of traits or the dataset (e.g. life stage, replicates, entity type)
• Rework context, so that multiple context properties can be read in
• Reworked identifiers, including 5 separate context property identifiers and location id
• Add source_id, such that individual rows of data can be attributed to a specific source
• Merge different date fields into collection_date
• Work from two separate vocabulary workshops merged in (Seed Traits & Whole Plant and Leaf Vegetative Traits). Also some work realigning traits related to fire response.
• Rename other traits to have more consistent naming
• Added entity_type, reflecting the entity being measured
• Added scraped data from online floras for 7 traits related to plant growth form. For plant_growth_form and woodiness manually gap-filled from the taxonomic literature to have complete data coverage
• Reworked how taxonomic names are processed, such that submitted taxon names are now aligning to the most specific taxon name possible, with separate columns for family; genus; binomial; trinomial, filled in as appropriate.
• New taxonomic updates added, based on updated algorithms that do a much better job of capturing phrase names and submitted taxon names that include notes. In addition, algorithms automatically identify names that can only be aligned to genus.
• Removed taxon matching code from austraits.build (to become part of a separate package)
• Add database metadata into the build process

This release contains:

• 14 new sources added to the dataset: ABRS_2022,
  ATRP_2020, Campbell_2006, Clarke_2009,
  NHNSW_2022, Nolan_2022, NTH_2022, RBGV_2022, SAH_2022, WAH_2022_1,
  WAH_2022_2, Wenk_2022, Williams_2012
• 12 new contributors: Alastair Robinson,
  Andre Messina, Daniel Ohlsen, David Coleman, Elizabeth Wenk,
  Matthias M. Boer, Monica Campbell, Neville Walsh, Niels Klazenga,
  Paul R. Williams, Rachael Nolan, Val Stajsic
• 3 sources renamed : Barlow_1981 -> ABRS_1981, RBGSYD_2014 -> NHNSW_2014, RBGSYD_2014_2 -> NHNSW_2014_2

Details on new studies:

dataset_id	taxa	locations	traits	records
ABRS_2022	13988	1	7	48353
ATRP_2020	1490	1	8	1831
Campbell_2006	65	3	6	390
Clarke_2009	469	6	7	1824
NHNSW_2022	7913	1	7	28354
Nolan_2022	18	8	10	606
NTH_2022	2451	1	7	8183
RBGV_2022	5368	1	7	19060
SAH_2022	3499	1	7	11905
WAH_2022_1	683	1	7	2254
WAH_2022_2	13331	1	7	48703
Wenk_2022	30280	1	2	60309
Williams_2012	79	1	6	206

Full Changelog: v3.0.2...v4.0.0

AusTraits 3.0.2

This is minor release of the AusTraits database.

• austraits-3.0.2.zip: contains the compiled dataset and detailed of
  structure
• austraits-3.0.2.rds: contains a version of the dataset for direct
  loading in R
• source code v3.0.2.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/v3.0.2 A
full set of changes in the source can be viewed at:
v3.0.1...v3.0.2

Compared to the last version, this release contains corrections on citations.

version	dataset_id	taxa	sites	traits	records
3.0.1	283	28640	4721	448	997808
3.0.2	283	28640	4721	448	997808

This release contains:

• 0 new sources added to the dataset
• 0 new contributors
• 0 sources removed
• 0 new or updated records for 0 existing traits
• 0 new records for 0 new traits

AusTraits v3.0.1

This is minor release of the AusTraits database.

• austraits-3.0.1.zip: contains the compiled dataset and detailed of structure
• austraits-3.0.1.rds: contains a version of the dataset for direct loading in R
• source code v3.0.1.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/v3.0.1 A
full set of changes in the source can be viewed athttps://github.com/traitecoevo/austraits.build/compare/v3.0.0…v3.0.1

Compared to the last version

version	dataset_id	taxa	sites	traits	records
3.0.0	283	28639	4721	446	997808
3.0.1	283	28640	4721	448	997808

This release contains:

• fixes to leaf areas in previous version in Everingham_2020
• updates on definitions

AusTraits v3.0.0

This is major release of the AusTraits database.

• austraits-3.0.0.zip: contains the compiled dataset and detailed of structure
• austraits-3.0.0.rds: contains a version of the dataset for direct loading in R
• source code v3.0.0.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/v3.0.0

A full set of changes in the source can be viewed at v2.1.0...v3.0.0

Compared to the last version, this release contains substantial additions of new data and improvement of old data.

version	dataset_id	taxa	sites	traits	records
2.1.0	264	29230	4605	375	937243
3.0.0	283	28639	4721	446	997808

This release contains:

• 21 new sources added to the dataset: Apgaua_2015, Apgaua_2017,
  Atkinson_2020, Atkinson_2020_2, Curran_2009, Detombeur_2021,
  Du_2018, Du_2019, eFLOWER_2021, EsperonRodriguez_2019,
  Farrell_2012, Farrell_2013, Farrell_2017, Grootemaat_2015,
  Grootemaat_2017_1, Grootemaat_2017_2, Jurado_1991,
  Kanowski_2000, NSWFRD_2014, Stephens_2021, Wells_2012

• 29 new contributors: Andrea Lopez Martinez, Belinda Kenny,
  Christopher Szota, Claire Farrell, Corinna Orscheg, Deborah Apgaua,
  Don Butler, Elizabeth Tasker, Felix de Tombeur, Graham Zemunik,
  Herve Sauquet, Hugh Possingham, Jacob McC. Overton, Jessie Wells,
  Joe Atkinson, John Kanowski, Juerg Schoenenberger, Malcolm Gill,
  Maria von Balthazar, Nigel Warwick, Pengzhen Du, Ross Bradstock,
  Ruby Stephens, Saskia Grootemaat, Stefan Arndt, Susan Laurance,
  Susana Magallon, Timothy Curran, Veronica Shaw

• 2 sources removed– most replaced by corrected or updated sources
  above: EsperonRodriguez_2019_2, Jurado_1993

• 50428 new or updated records for 98 existing traits

• 15156 new records for 72 new traits: bark_Al_per_dry_mass,
  bark_ash_content_per_dry_mass, bark_B_per_dry_mass,
  bark_cellulose_per_dry_mass, bark_Cu_per_dry_mass,
  bark_Fe_per_dry_mass, bark_lignin_per_dry_mass,
  bark_Mn_per_dry_mass, bark_S_per_dry_mass,
  bark_tannin_per_dry_mass, bark_water_content_per_dry_mass,
  bark_Zn_per_dry_mass, cotyledon_function,
  establishment_light_environment_index, fire_flame_duration,
  fire_fuel_bed_bulk_density, fire_fuel_comsumption,
  fire_rate_of_spread, fire_smoulder_duration,
  fire_time_to_ignition, fire_total_burn_duration,
  flower_androecium_structural_merism,
  flower_androecium_structural_phyllotaxis,
  flower_androecium_structural_whorls_count,
  flower_anther_attachment, flower_anther_connective_extension,
  flower_anther_dehiscence, flower_anther_orientation,
  flower_fertile_stamens_count, flower_filament,
  flower_filament_fusion,
  flower_filament_fusion_to_inner_perianth,
  flower_gynoecium_phyllotaxis, flower_gynoecium_placentation,
  flower_ovary_fusion, flower_ovary_position,
  flower_ovules_per_functional_carpel_count,
  flower_perianth_differentiation, flower_perianth_fusion,
  flower_perianth_merism, flower_perianth_parts_count,
  flower_perianth_phyllotaxis, flower_perianth_symmetry,
  flower_perianth_whorls_count, flower_pollen_aperture_shape,
  flower_pollen_apertures_count,
  flower_structural_carpels_count, flower_structural_sex_type,
  flower_style_differentiation, flower_style_fusion,
  leaf_ash_content_per_dry_mass, leaf_cellulose_per_dry_mass,
  leaf_Co_per_dry_mass, leaf_Cr_per_dry_mass, leaf_curliness,
  leaf_phenol_content_per_dry_mass,
  leaf_relative_water_content_at_turgor_loss_point,
  leaf_relative_water_content_predawn, leaf_Se_per_dry_mass,
  leaf_Si_per_dry_mass, leaf_tannin_per_dry_mass,
  osmotic_potential_at_full_turgor,
  reproductive_light_environment_index,
  sapwood_specific_conductivity_theoretical,
  seedling_germination_location, senesced_leaf_Al_per_dry_mass,
  senesced_leaf_B_per_dry_mass,
  senesced_leaf_C_per_dry_mass,
  senesced_leaf_Na_per_dry_mass,
  stomatal_resistance_conductance_ambient,
  vessel_multiple_fraction, whole_plant_transpiration

Details on new studies:

dataset_id	taxa	sites	traits	records
Apgaua_2015	8	1	12	360
Apgaua_2017	91	1	10	990
Atkinson_2020	1	36	4	720
Atkinson_2020_2	11	6	2	100
Curran_2009	4	4	10	778
Detombeur_2021	96	25	9	2679
Du_2018	20	1	5	540
Du_2019	20	1	4	316
eFLOWER_2021	234	1	29	5844
EsperonRodriguez_2019	2	1	7	140
Farrell_2012	2	1	4	44
Farrell_2013	12	1	15	1417
Farrell_2017	18	1	6	670
Grootemaat_2015	32	4	19	6839
Grootemaat_2017_1	10	3	50	2583
Grootemaat_2017_2	25	4	10	859
Jurado_1991	231	1	7	1331
Kanowski_2000	150	17	25	9171
NSWFRD_2014	2990	1	11	16519
Stephens_2021	600	1	1	851
Wells_2012	207	49	18	12833

AusTraits v2.1.0

This is minor release of the AusTraits database.

• austraits-2.1.0.zip: contains the compiled dataset and detailed of structure
• austraits-2.1.0.rds: contains a version of the dataset for direct loading in R
• source code (v2.1.0.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/v2.1.0

A full set of changes in the source can be viewed at:
v2.0.0...v2.1.0

Compared to the last version, this release contains substantial additions of new data and improvement of old data, mainly by Lizzy Wenk.

version	dataset_id	taxa	sites	traits	records
v2.0.0	256	22540	4475	362	677087
v2.1.0	264	29230	4605	375	937243

This release contains:

• 9 new sources added to the dataset: Cheal_2017,
  EsperonRodriguez_2020, Everingham_2020, Jagdish_2020,
  MacinnisNg_2004, MacinnisNg_2016, Nicolle_2006, Sjostrom_2006,
  White_2020

• 1 sources removed– most replaced by corrected or updated sources
  above: EsperonRodriguez_2019

• 204456 new or updated records for 48 existing traits

• 55318 new records for 13 new traits: bark_morphology,
  calcicole_status, fire_and_establishing,
  fire_response_juvenile, fire_response_on_maturity,
  inundation_tolerance, reproductive_maturity, seed_longevity,
  seed_release, snow_tolerance, stem_density,
  transverse_branch_area_specific_conductivity,
  water_logging_tolerance

• 13 new contributors: Anne Sjostrom, Ashika Jagdish, Catriona
  Macinnis-Ng, David Cheal, Doug Frood, Jugo Ilic, Jürgen Kellermann,
  Kate McClenahan, Malcolm Trudgen, Matthew White, Michele Kohout,
  Steven Sinclair, Susan Everingham

Details on new studies:

dataset_id	taxa	locations	traits	records
Cheal_2017	2023	1	10	12449
EsperonRodriguez_2020	4	4	10	796
Everingham_2020	42	76	16	19200
Jagdish_2020	93	49	2	569
MacinnisNg_2004	9	4	8	478
MacinnisNg_2016	1	1	11	546
Nicolle_2006	991	1	3	2144
Sjostrom_2006	21950	1	4	77510
White_2020	7060	1	22	146082

AusTraits v2.0.0

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