PADAPT 1.0 – the Pannonian Database of Plant Traits

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Sonkoly, Judit, Tóth, Edina, Balogh, Nóra, Balogh, Lajos, Bartha, Dénes, Bata, Kinga, Bátori, Zoltán, Békefi, Nóra, Botta-Dukát, Zoltán, Bölöni, János, Csecserits, Anikó, Csiky, János, Csontos, Péter, Dancza, István, Deák Balázs, Dobolyi, Zoltán Konstantin, E-Vojtkó, Anna, Gyulai, Ferenc, Hábenczyus, Alida Anna, Henn, Tamás, Horváth, Ferenc, Höhn, Mária, Jakab, Gusztáv, Kelemen, András, Király, Gergely, Kis, Szabolcs, Kovacsics-Vári, Gergely, Kun, András, Lehoczky, Éva, Lengyel, Attila, Lhotsky, Barbara, Löki, Viktor, Lukács, Balázs András, Matus, Gábor, Mcintosh-Buday, Andrea, Mesterházy, Attila, Miglécz, Tamás, Molnár, Attila, Molnár, Zsolt, Morschhauser, Tamás, Papp, László, Pósa, Patrícia, Rédei, Tamás, Schmidt, Dávid, Szmorad, Ferenc, Takács, Attila, Tamás, Júlia, Tiborcz, Viktor, Tölgyesi, Csaba, Tóth, Katalin, Tóthmérész, Béla, Valkó, Orsolya, Virók, Viktor, Wirth, Tamás, Török, Péter
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 09.12.2022; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Edition: 1.1
• Subjects: Data collection; Ecology; leaf trait; plant strategy; conservation; database; ecological indicator value; habitat; plant trait; seed mass; dispersal; distribution; Pannonian flora; reproduction
• ISSN: 2692-8205; 2692-8205
• DOI: 10.1101/2022.12.05.519136

We present PADAPT 1.0, the Pannonian Database of Plant Traits which relies on regional data sources and integrates existing data and new measurements on a wide range of traits and attributes of the plant species of the Pannonian Biogeographical Region and makes it freely accessible at www.padapt.eu. The current version covers the species of the region occurring in Hungary (cc. 90% of the region's flora) and consists of 126,337 records on 2745 taxa. There are 53 plant attributes in PADAPT 1.0 organised in six major groups: (i) Habitus and strategy, (ii) Reproduction, (iii) Kariology, (iv) Distribution and conservation, (v) Ecological indicator values, and (vi) Leaf traits. By including species of the eastern part of Europe not covered by other databases, PADAPT can facilitate studying the flora and vegetation of the eastern part of the continent. Data collection will continue in the future and the PADAPT team welcomes researchers interested in contributing with data. The main task before an updated version of the database is to include species of the Pannonian region not covered by the current version. In conclusion, although data coverage is far from complete, PADAPT meets the longstanding need for a regional database of the Pannonian flora.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.