Towards a thesaurus of plant characteristics: an ecological contribution

• Autores: Garnier, Eric; Stahl, Ulrike; Laporte, Marie-Angelique; Kattge, Jens; Mougenot, Isabelle; Kuhn, Ingolf; Laporte, Baptiste; Amiaud, Bernard; Ahrestani, Farshid S.; Bonisch, Gerhard; Bunker, Daniel E.; Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.; Díaz, Sandra Myrna; Enquist, Brian J.; Gachet, Sophie; Jaureguiberry, Pedro; Kleyer, Michael; Lavorel, Sandra; Maicher, Lutz; Pérez Harguindeguy, Natalia; Poorter, Hendrik; Schildhauer, Mark; Shipley, Bill; Violle, Cyrille; Weiher, Evan; Wirth, Christian; Wright, Ian J.; Klotz, Stefan
• Año de publicación: 2017
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: Biodiversity; Controlled Vocabulary; Ecology; Informatics; Ontology; Plant Characteristics; Plant Enviromental Association; Plant Trait; Semantics; Thesaurus
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

The context of Open Biological Ontologies; (ii) whenever possible, the Entities and Qualities aretaken from existing terminology standards, mainly the Plant Ontology (PO) and Phenotypic QualityOntology (PATO) ontologies; and (iii) whenever a characteristic already has a definition, if appropriate,it is reused and referenced. The development of TOP, which complies with semantic web principles,was carried out through the involvement of experts from both the ecology and the semanticsresearch communities. Regular updates of TOP are planned, based on community feedback andinvolvement.3. TOP provides names, definitions, units, synonyms and related terms for about 850 plant characteristics.TOP is available online (www.top-thesaurus.org), and can be browsed using an alphabeticallist of characteristics, a hierarchical tree of characteristics, a faceted and a free-text search, andthrough an Application Programming Interface.4. Synthesis. Harmonizing definitions of concepts, as proposed by TOP, forms the basis for betterintegration of data across heterogeneous data sets and terminologies, thereby increasing the potentialfor data reuse. It also allows enhanced scientific synthesis. TOP therefore has the potential toimprove research and communication not only within the field of ecology, but also in related fieldswith interest in plant functioning and distribution
Fil: Garnier, Eric. Université de Montpellier. Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive; Francia
Fil: Stahl, Ulrike. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Alemania. Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry; Alemania. Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research; Alemania
Fil: Laporte, Marie-Angelique. Université de Montpellier. Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive; Francia. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Alemania. Bioversity International; Italia
Fil: Kattge, Jens. Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry; Alemania. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Alemania
Fil: Mougenot, Isabelle. Maison de la Télédétection; Francia
Fil: Kuhn, Ingolf. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Alemania
Fil: Laporte, Baptiste. Centre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity; Francia
Fil: Amiaud, Bernard. Université de Lorraine; Francia
Fil: Ahrestani, Farshid S.. Columbia University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bonisch, Gerhard. Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry; Alemania
Fil: Bunker, Daniel E.. New Jersey Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Sciences; Estados Unidos
Fil: Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.. Vrije Universteit; Países Bajos
Fil: Díaz, Sandra Myrna. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
Fil: Enquist, Brian J.. University of Arizona; Estados Unidos
Fil: Gachet, Sophie. Avignon Université Avignon Université. Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie marine et continentale; Francia
Fil: Jaureguiberry, Pedro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
Fil: Kleyer, Michael. University of Oldenburg. Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences; Alemania
Fil: Lavorel, Sandra. Université Joseph Fourier; Francia
Fil: Maicher, Lutz. Universitat Jena; Alemania
Fil: Pérez Harguindeguy, Natalia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
Fil: Poorter, Hendrik. Forschungszentrum Jülich; Alemania
Fil: Schildhauer, Mark. University of California. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis; Estados Unidos
Fil: Shipley, Bill. Université de Sherbrooke; Canadá
Fil: Violle, Cyrille. Université de Montpellier; Francia
Fil: Weiher, Evan. University of Wisconsin; Estados Unidos
Fil: Wirth, Christian. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Alemania
Fil: Wright, Ian J.. Macquarie University; Australia
Fil: Klotz, Stefan. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research; Alemania