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Plant traits and associated ecological data from Afromontane grasslands of Maloti-Drakensberg, South Africa.

Aud H Halbritter, Vigdis Vandvik, Nicole N Bison, Vincent Ralph Clark, Marcella Cross, Michelle Greve, Julia Kemppinen, Nicola Kühn, Brian S Maitner, Sean T Michaletz and 45 more

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Aud H HalbritterDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. aud.halbritter@uib.no.ORCID 0000-0003-2597-6328
Vigdis VandvikDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. vigdis.vandvik@uib.no.ORCID 0000-0003-4651-4798
Nicole N BisonDepartment of Botany, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Vincent Ralph ClarkAfromontane Research Unit & Department of Geography, University of the Free State: Qwaqwa Campus, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa.
Marcella CrossDepartment of Botany, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Michelle GreveDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa.
Julia KemppinenBotany and Mycology Unit, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Nicola KühnJodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, UK.
Brian S MaitnerDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2118-9880
Sean T MichaletzDepartment of Botany, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2158-6525
Jocelyn NavarroDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Arizona, USA.
Pekka NiittynenUniversity of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Peter Christiaan le RouxDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa.
Joseph D M WhiteJodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, UK.
Bezawit Yilma AbebeAddis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Nadine Michaela ArztDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Ludwig BaldasztiSchool of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0548-8503
Lina AragónDepartment of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA.
Samuel BealeLa Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0009-0002-3989-4139
Kristine BirkeliDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-3980-4420
Anya P CourtenaySchool of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3475-8106
Hilary Rose DawsonInstitute of Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4613-762X
Liliya Kirilova DraganovaUniversity of Bergen, Department of Biological Sciences, Bergen, Norway.
Lauren E GillespieDepartment of Computer Science, Stanford University, Standford, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2496-8035
Kaleb A GoffDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA.
Anna Tariro Deirdre GoweraSchool of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences/ Wits Mining Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Axel Gualdoni-BecerraUniversity of Göttingen, Department of Biodiversity, Macroecology & Biogeography, Göttingen, Germany.
Onalenna GwateAfromontane Research Unit & Department of Geography, University of the Free State: Qwaqwa Campus, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa.
Liyenne Wu Chen HagenbergDepartment of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Priya HansdaPlant Ecology Laboratory, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Rebecca HarrisDepartment of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA.
Joshua LeeHawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.
Michelle A LouwCopernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Aino-Maja MäättänenGeography Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Nathan MalamudDepartment of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Lesego MalekanaAfromontane Research Unit & Department of Geography, University of the Free State: Qwaqwa Campus, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa.
Bridgette Mc MillanDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa.
Nasser RabiW.K Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, USA.
Michael MustriDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Arizona, USA.
Samson MekashaDepartment of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Sara Shemsu NasirAddis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Francisco Navarro-RosalesDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Bismark Ofosu-BamfoDepartment of Biological Sciences, School of Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana.
Akuonani Zakeyo PhiriDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Eline Sterre RentierDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Carmen Vázquez-RiberaNational Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
Grecia RivasCentro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C., Hermosillo, México.
Tin Widyani SatriawanDepartment of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Imke Chrissie SmitDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa.
Paul Abayomi Sobowale SoremiFederal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0002-3376-140X
Ragnhild Svensen StokkaDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Jiří ŠubrtSchool of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Jonas TrepelCenter for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere (ECONOVO), Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0009-0004-7358-9204
Jakub D WieczorkowskiSchool of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.ORCID 0000-0003-2128-5925
Brian J EnquistDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Arizona, USA. benquist@arizona.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6124-7096

Funding

Senter for Internasjonalisering av Utdanning (Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education) 2013/10074Senter for Internasjonalisering av Utdanning (Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education) HNP2015/10037
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Afromontane region harbors ancient grasslands with high levels of endemism, now under threat from land-use change, biological invasions and encroachment, and climate warming. As part of an international Plant Functional Traits Course we collected comprehensive trait data in five sites along an elevation gradient from 2,000-2,800 m a.s.l. and in a climate warming experiment at 3,064 m a.s.l. in the Maloti-Drakensberg, South Africa. We sampled 24,405 aboveground and 94 root trait measurements from 171 vascular plant taxa paired with 11 other datasets reflecting vegetation and structure, leaf and ecosystem carbon and water fluxes, leaf hyperspectral reflectance, and microclimatic and environmental data. Our data provide the first recorded trait data for 47 vascular plant species and more than double the trait data coverage from the Maloti-Drakensberg (106% increase). This study offers insights into plant and ecosystem functioning, provides a baseline for assessing impacts of environmental change, builds local competence, and aligns with similar data from China, Svalbard, Peru, and Norway.

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GrasslandPlantsClimate ChangeEcosystemPlant LeavesSouth Africa

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PMCPMC12612199

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