MASTREE+: Time‐series of plant reproductive effort from six continents

Hacket-Pain, Andrew; Foest, Jessie J; Pearse, Ian S; LaMontagne, Jalene M; Koenig, Walter D; Vacchiano, Giorgio; Bogdziewicz, Michal; Caignard, Thomas; Celebias, Paulina; van Dormolen, Joep; Fernandez-Martínez, Marcos; Moris, José V; Ciprian Palaghianu; Pesendorfer, Mario; Satake, Akiko; et. al.

Abstract

Significant gaps remain in understanding the response of plant reproduction to environmental change. This is partly because measuring reproduction in long-lived plants requires direct observation over many years and such datasets have rarely been made publicly available. Here we introduce MASTREE+, a data set that collates reproductive time-series data from across the globe and makes these data freely available to the community. MASTREE+ includes 73,828 georeferenced observations of annual reproduction (e.g. seed and fruit counts) in perennial plant populations worldwide. These observations consist of 5971 population-level time-series from 974 species in 66 countries. The mean and median time-series length is 12.4 and 10 years respectively, and the data set includes 1122 series that extend over at least two decades (≥20 years of observations). For a subset of well-studied species, MASTREE+ includes extensive replication of time-series across geographical and climatic gradients. Here we describe the open-access data set, available as a.csv file, and we introduce an associated web-based app for data exploration. MASTREE+ will provide the basis for improved understanding of the response of long-lived plant reproduction to environmental change. Additionally, MASTREE+ will enable investigation of the ecology and evolution of reproductive strategies in perennial plants, and the role of plant reproduction as a driver of ecosystem dynamics.

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Título de la Revista: GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
Volumen: 28
Número: 9
Editorial: Wiley
Fecha de publicación: 2022
Página de inicio: 3066
Página final: 3082
Idioma: Inglés
URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16130
Notas: SCOPUS