authority: geo-bon
slug: trait-diversity
name: Trait diversity
domain: biodiversity
subdomain: community-composition
authority_id: geo-bon:trait-diversity
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: null
  cf_standard_name: null
  iadopt_concepts:
    property: null
    entity: null
  dwc_terms:
    - dwc:scientificName
    - dwc:taxonID
    - dwc:measurementType
    - dwc:measurementValue
    - dwc:measurementUnit
    - dwc:eventID
canonical_units: dimensionless
description: |
  Distribution and dispersion of functional traits (e.g. body size, SLA,
  wood density, dispersal mode, thermal tolerance) across the species in a
  community. Captures functional rather than taxonomic structure; anchored
  by TRY, BIEN, FishBase, EltonTraits and Open Traits Network, and feeds
  functional-diversity indices (FD, FRic, FEve, RaoQ) used in IPBES and
  Nature Restoration Regulation indicators.
theme: biodiversity
demos: []
status: stub
sources:
  - https://geobon.org/ebvs/what-are-ebvs/
  - https://geobon.org/ebvs/community-composition/
  - 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 Database)