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Articles | Volume 21, issue 21
Articles | Volume 21, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4909-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4909-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 21, issue 21
Research article
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11 Nov 2024
Research article |  | 11 Nov 2024

Crowd-sourced trait data can be used to delimit global biomes

Simon Scheiter, Sophie Wolf, and Teja Kattenborn

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Biomes are widely used to map vegetation patterns at large spatial scales and to assess impacts of climate change, yet there is no consensus on a generally valid biome classification scheme. We used crowd-sourced species distribution data and trait data to assess whether trait information is suitable for delimiting biomes. Although the trait data were heterogeneous and had large gaps with respect to the spatial distribution, we found that a global trait-based biome classification was possible.
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