Funcitree database

The FUNCiTREE project has gathered and systematized the data collected into a database of tree functional traits with a structure that is compatible with the global trait data base, TRY (Kattge et al. 2011) with the aim to contribute to TRY in the future. TRY is a network of vegetation scientists headed by DIVERSITAS, IGBP, the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry and an international Advisory Board with the main objectives of providing a global archive of plant traits, promoting trait-based approaches in ecology and biodiversity science and to support the design of a new generation of global vegetation models. Data is from seasonally-dry savanna in Senegal, Mali and Nicaragua.