Gridded Forest Hydraulic Trait Data for Mortality and Composition Shift Analysis

Gridded trait datasets accompany the research paper 'Trait velocities reveal that mortality has driven widespread coordinated shifts in forest hydraulic trait composition' by Trugman et al. The data likely contains spatial information on plant hydraulic traits and mortality. The dataset is associated with an open-access research publication.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of forest hydraulic trait composition based on gridded data.
• Model relationships between tree mortality and shifts in trait values.
• Study coordinated shifts in multiple plant traits across landscapes.

Strengths

• Data is directly associated with a peer-reviewed scientific publication.
• Includes a README file describing the contents and variables.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Trugman, AT; Anderegg, LDL; Shaw, JS; Anderegg, WRL

Collection Method

Likely derived from ecological field measurements, remote sensing, or model outputs, as described in the associated paper.