Plant trait and vegetation data along a 1314 m elevation gradient with fire history in Puna grasslands, Perú

Abstract

Alpine grassland vegetation supports globally important biodiversity and ecosystems that are increasingly threatened by climate warming and other environmental changes. Trait-based approaches can support understanding of vegetation responses to global change drivers and consequences for ecosystem functioning. In six sites along a 1314 m elevational gradient in Puna grasslands in the Peruvian Andes, we collected datasets on vascular plant composition, plant functional traits, biomass, ecosystem fluxes, and climate data over three years. The data were collected in the wet and dry season and from plots with different fire histories. We selected traits associated with plant resource use, growth, and life history strategies (leaf area, leaf dry/wet mass, leaf thickness, specific leaf area, leaf dry matter content, leaf C, N, P content, C and N isotopes). The trait dataset contains 3,665 plant records from 145 taxa, 54,036 trait measurements (increasing the trait data coverage of the regional flora by 420%) covering 14 traits and 121 plant taxa (ca. 40% of which have no previous publicly available trait data) across 33 families.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Halbritter, A.H. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2597-6328 Vandvik, V. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4651-4798 Cotner, S.H. Farfan-Rios, W. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3196-0317 Maitner, B.S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2118-9880 Michaletz, S.T. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2158-6525 Oliveras Menor, I. Telford, R.J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9826-3076 Ccahuana, A. Cruz, R. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1463-8278 Sallo-Bravo, J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9007-4959 Santos-Andrade, P.E. Vilca-Bustamante, L.L. Castorena, M. Chacón-Labella, J. Christiansen, C.T. Duran, S.M. Egelkraut, D.D. Gya, R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2483-2069 Haugum, S.V. Seltzer, L. Silman, M.R. Strydom, T. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1349 Spiegel, M.P. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5879-5465 Barros, A. Birkeli, K. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3980-4420 Boakye, M. Chiappero, F. Chmurzynski, A. Garen, J.C. Gaudard, J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6989-7624 Gauthier, T.-L.J. Geange, S.R. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5344-7234 Gonzales, F.N. Henn, J.J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1551-9238 Hošková, K. Isaksen, A. Jessup, L.H. Johnson, W. Kusch, E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4984-7646 Lepley, K. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4737-1098 Lift, M. Martyn, T.E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3015-484X Muñoz Mazon, M. Middleton, S.L. Quinteros Casaverde, N.L. Navarro, J. Zepeda, V. Ocampo-Zuleta, K. Palomino-Cardenas, A.C. Pastor Ploskonka, S. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8505-7660 Pierfederici, M.E. Pinelli, V. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6267-7621 Rickenback, J. Roos, R.E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1580-6424 Rui, H.S. Sanchez Diaz, E. Sánchez-Tapia, A. Smith, A. Urquiaga-Flores, E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1221-4116 von Oppen, J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6346-2964 Enquist, B.J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6124-7096
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2024 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords:	Biodiversity; Ecosystem; Grassland; Peru; Plants; Climate; Altitude; Fires
Dates:	Published: 21 February 2024 Published (online): 21 February 2024 Accepted: 16 January 2024
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > School of Biosciences (Sheffield)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	28 Jan 2025 15:43
Last Modified:	28 Jan 2025 15:43
Published Version:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-02980-3
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1038/s41597-024-02980-3
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:222410