@article{fdi:010075951,
  title = {s{P}lot : a new tool for global vegetation analyses},
  author = {{B}rueheide, {H}. and {D}engler, {J}. and {J}imenez-{A}lfaro, {B}. and {P}urschke, {O}. and {M}unzinger, {J}{\'e}r{\^o}me and et al.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}ims : {V}egetation-plot records provide information on the presence and cover or abundance of plants co-occurring in the same community. {V}egetation-plot data are spread across research groups, environmental agencies and biodiversity research centers and, thus, are rarely accessible at continental or global scales. {H}ere we present the s{P}lot database, which collates vegetation plots worldwide to allow for the exploration of global patterns in taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity at the plant community level. {R}esults : s{P}lot version 2.1 contains records from 1,121,244 vegetation plots, which comprise 23,586,216 records of plant species and their relative cover or abundance in plots collected worldwide between 1885 and 2015. {W}e complemented the information for each plot by retrieving climate and soil conditions and the biogeographic context (e.g., biomes) from external sources, and by calculating community-weighted means and variances of traits using gap-filled data from the global plant trait database {TRY}. {M}oreover, we created a phylogenetic tree for 50,167 out of the 54,519 species identified in the plots. {W}e present the first maps of global patterns of community richness and community-weighted means of key traits. {C}onclusions : {T}he availability of vegetation plot data in s{P}lot offers new avenues for vegetation analysis at the global scale.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {V}egetation {S}cience},
  volume = {30},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {161--186},
  ISSN = {1100-9233},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.1111/jvs.12710},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010075951},
}