authority: geo-bon
slug: morphology
name: Morphology
domain: biodiversity
subdomain: species-traits
authority_id: geo-bon:morphology
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: null
  cf_standard_name: null
  iadopt_concepts:
    property: null
    entity: null
  dwc_terms:
    - dwc:scientificName
    - dwc:taxonID
    - dwc:organismID
    - dwc:measurementType
    - dwc:measurementValue
    - dwc:measurementUnit
canonical_units: varies (mm, g, m^2 kg^-1)
description: |
  Body-size and shape traits of individuals (e.g. body mass, wing length, leaf
  area, specific leaf area, seed mass). Drives functional-diversity metrics and
  links phenotype to environment; primary repositories are TRY (plants),
  VertNet, FishBase, and museum specimen records.
theme: biodiversity
demos: []
status: stub
sources:
  - https://geobon.org/ebvs/what-are-ebvs/
  - https://geobon.org/ebvs/species-traits/
  - Pereira et al. 2013, Science 339, 277-278 (doi:10.1126/science.1229931)
  - Kattge et al. 2020, Global Change Biology 26, 119-188 (TRY plant trait db)