HASS Community Data Lab
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AusTraits is an emerging national data asset quantifying the traits of Australia’s flora, which comprises approximately 26,000 different plant species.
It collects functional and structural traits (such as leaf size, potential photosynthetic rate, maximum height, floral colour, floral symmetry) as well as capturing differences among species in their ecology, function, and evolution. These traits are crucial for advancing core research and applied outcomes in plant science.
The challenge for AusTraits is to broaden coverage of the resource and improve the quality of the data, while making it more accessible.
A new version of AusTraits will:
Researchers, research organisations and government agencies will benefit from:
Our partners are:
AusTraits will transform our ability to understand and manage Australian vegetation. It will provide tangible impacts beyond academic research by freeing up ecological data which can be used to create stronger conservation management, business investment and societal engagement with the environment.
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