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Open Science principles for accelerating trait-based science across the Tree of Life.

  • Gallagher RV Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. rachael.gallagher@mq.edu.au.
  • Falster DS Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Maitner BS Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
  • Salguero-Gómez R Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
  • Vandvik V Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
  • Pearse WD Ecology Center and Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
  • Schneider FD Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.
  • Kattge J Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Manoa, HI, USA.
  • Poelen JH Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
  • Madin JS Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Ankenbrand MJ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
  • Penone C Discipline of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
  • Feng X Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Adams VM Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
  • Alroy J Bio5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
  • Andrew SC School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
  • Balk MA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
  • Bland LM Department of Biology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Boyle BL Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
  • Bravo-Avila CH Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Brennan I Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
  • Carthey AJR Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
  • Catullo R Species360 Conservation Science Alliance, Bloomington, MN, USA.
  • Cavazos BR School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Conde DA Department of Biology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Chown SL Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution and Centre for Future Landscapes, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Fadrique B Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
  • Gibb H National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
  • Halbritter AH International Center for Tropical Botany, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Hammock J Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
  • Hogan JA Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
  • Holewa H Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
  • Hope M German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Iversen CM School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Jochum M Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
  • Kearney M Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA.
  • Keller A Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany.
  • Mabee P Center for Tree Science, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, USA.
  • Manning P Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • McCormack L Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  • Michaletz ST Department of Biology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Park DS School of Biological Sciences and School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  • Perez TM School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
  • Pineda-Munoz S National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Ray CA Evolution and Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Rossetto M TERN / School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  • Sauquet H Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
  • Sparrow B Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
  • Spasojevic MJ Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK.
  • Telford RJ CEFE, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
  • Tobias JA CyVerse, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
  • Violle C School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
  • Walls R Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Weiss KCB Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Westoby M Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
  • Wright IJ
  • Enquist BJ
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  • 2020-02-19
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  • Nature ecology & evolution. - 2020
English Synthesizing trait observations and knowledge across the Tree of Life remains a grand challenge for biodiversity science. Species traits are widely used in ecological and evolutionary science, and new data and methods have proliferated rapidly. Yet accessing and integrating disparate data sources remains a considerable challenge, slowing progress toward a global synthesis to integrate trait data across organisms. Trait science needs a vision for achieving global integration across all organisms. Here, we outline how the adoption of key Open Science principles-open data, open source and open methods-is transforming trait science, increasing transparency, democratizing access and accelerating global synthesis. To enhance widespread adoption of these principles, we introduce the Open Traits Network (OTN), a global, decentralized community welcoming all researchers and institutions pursuing the collaborative goal of standardizing and integrating trait data across organisms. We demonstrate how adherence to Open Science principles is key to the OTN community and outline five activities that can accelerate the synthesis of trait data across the Tree of Life, thereby facilitating rapid advances to address scientific inquiries and environmental issues. Lessons learned along the path to a global synthesis of trait data will provide a framework for addressing similarly complex data science and informatics challenges.
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