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layout: dataset
id: gift
name: GIFT
contentURL: NA
datasetDOI_URL: NA
contactName: Pierre Denelle, Patrick Weigelt
contactEmail: gift@uni-goettingen.de
license: CC BY
traitList: 109 plant traits, list can be accessed by calling the GIFT_traits_meta() function from the GIFT R package
higherGeography: Global | Africa | Antarctica | Asia | Europe | North America | Oceania | South America
decimalLatitude:
decimalLongitude:
taxon: Tracheophyta
eventDate: NA
paperDOIcitation: 10.1111/2041-210X.14213
description: A database of plant checklists and functional traits.
taxaList: 354,848 plant taxa, standardized mainly based on The World Checklist of Vascular Plants
usefulClasses: Mostly traits coming from floras/checklists
dataStandard: Raw values kept, standardization done for categorical traits
standardizationScripts: https://www.try-db.org/TryWeb/Database.php
webpage: https://gift.uni-goettingen.de/home
---
Please fill out the template below and click "submit" to request a trait dataset to the Open Traits Network. Please allow for some time for @open-traits-network/editors to review your submission.
Editors @open-traits-network/editors: please see https://github.com/open-traits-network/open-traits-network.github.io/tree/master/_datasets#readme for information on registration process.