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This is major/minor release of the AusTraits database.

  • austraits-4.0.0.zip: contains the compiled dataset and detailed of
    structure
  • austraits-4.0.0.rds: contains a version of the dataset for direct
    loading in R
  • source code v4.0.0.zip: contains the source materials used to build
    the compiled dataset

For details on access, structure and usage please visit
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3568417

This release was generated from source materials available at https://github.com/traitecoevo/austraits.build/releases/tag/v4.0.0.

A full set of changes in the source can be viewed at: https://github.com/traitecoevo/austraits.build/compare/v3.0.2…v4.0.0

Compared to the last version, this release contains substantial additions of new data and improvement of old data.

version dataset_id taxa locations traits records
3.0.2 283 28640 4721 448 997808
4.0.0 296 34028 2697 470 1257443

Changes for this release include:

  • Established code as a standalone package
  • Align variables (column names) with Darwin Core, Dublin Core, and the Ecological Trait-data Standard
  • Allowing more metadata to be associated with individual trait measurements instead of traits or the dataset (e.g. life stage, replicates, entity type)
  • Rework context, so that multiple context properties can be read in
  • Reworked identifiers, including 5 separate context property identifiers and location id
  • Add source_id, such that individual rows of data can be attributed to a specific source
  • Merge different date fields into collection_date
  • Work from two separate vocabulary workshops merged in (Seed Traits & Whole Plant and Leaf Vegetative Traits). Also some work realigning traits related to fire response.
  • Rename other traits to have more consistent naming
  • Added entity_type, reflecting the entity being measured
  • Added scraped data from online floras for 7 traits related to plant growth form. For plant_growth_form and woodiness manually gap-filled from the taxonomic literature to have complete data coverage
  • Reworked how taxonomic names are processed, such that submitted taxon names are now aligning to the most specific taxon name possible, with separate columns for family; genus; binomial; trinomial, filled in as appropriate.
  • New taxonomic updates added, based on updated algorithms that do a much better job of capturing phrase names and submitted taxon names that include notes. In addition, algorithms automatically identify names that can only be aligned to genus.
  • Removed taxon matching code from austraits.build (to become part of a separate package)
  • Add database metadata into the build process

This release contains:

  • 14 new sources added to the dataset: ABRS_2022,
    ATRP_2020, Campbell_2006, Clarke_2009,
    NHNSW_2022, Nolan_2022, NTH_2022, RBGV_2022, SAH_2022, WAH_2022_1,
    WAH_2022_2, Wenk_2022, Williams_2012
  • 12 new contributors: Alastair Robinson,
    Andre Messina, Daniel Ohlsen, David Coleman, Elizabeth Wenk,
    Matthias M. Boer, Monica Campbell, Neville Walsh, Niels Klazenga,
    Paul R. Williams, Rachael Nolan, Val Stajsic
  • 3 sources renamed : Barlow_1981 -> ABRS_1981, RBGSYD_2014 -> NHNSW_2014, RBGSYD_2014_2 -> NHNSW_2014_2

Details on new studies:

dataset_id taxa locations traits records
ABRS_2022 13988 1 7 48353
ATRP_2020 1490 1 8 1831
Campbell_2006 65 3 6 390
Clarke_2009 469 6 7 1824
NHNSW_2022 7913 1 7 28354
Nolan_2022 18 8 10 606
NTH_2022 2451 1 7 8183
RBGV_2022 5368 1 7 19060
SAH_2022 3499 1 7 11905
WAH_2022_1 683 1 7 2254
WAH_2022_2 13331 1 7 48703
Wenk_2022 30280 1 2 60309
Williams_2012 79 1 6 206

Full Changelog: v3.0.2...v4.0.0

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