Trait-based approaches to vegetation analyses are becoming more prevalent in studies of riparian vegetation dynamics, including responses to flow regulation, groundwater pumping, and climate change. These analyses require species trait data compiled from the literature and floras or original field measurements. Gathering such data makes trait-based research time intensive at best and impracticable in some cases. To support trait-based analysis of vegetation along the Colorado River through Grand Canyon, a data set of 20 biological traits and ecological affinities for 179 species occurring in that study area was compiled. This diverse flora shares species with many riparian areas in the western USA and includes species...
Categories: Data,
Data Release - Revised;
Tags: Arizona,
Botany,
Coconino County,
Colorado River,
Ecological tolerances, All tags...
Ecology,
Ecology,
Freshwater Ecosystems,
Functional traits,
Geography,
Grand Canyon National Park,
Information Sciences,
Lees Ferry,
Mohave County,
Riparian plant species,
Southwestern United States,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
United States,
Vascular Plants, Fewer tags
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