Cerrado plant traits (CPT): a database of functional traits across vegetation types in a global biodiversity hotspot

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2026
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Trait-based ecology has become central for understanding plant form, function and ecosystem processes, but progress has been hampered by biased representation in trait databases. As such, global trait syntheses remain strongly biased towards temperate forest biomes. Tropical savannas are the most extensive, biodiverse and disturbance-driven ecosystems worldwide, yet are poorly represented in functional trait databases, limiting ecological inference and applied decision-making. SCOPE: Here, we introduce the Cerrado Plant Traits (CPT), an open-access initiative compiling and standardising plant functional trait data for the Brazilian Cerrado, the world's most biodiverse tropical savanna. CPT integrates trait information for all major plant organs (whole-plant, root, shoot, leaf, flower, fruit and seed) across vegetation types in the Cerrado, drawing on a collaborative and inclusive research network. The current version of CPT compiles data from 148 datasets, totalling 113,859 curated trait records for 2,134 taxonomically verified species across 150 families. Trait records span pristine, degraded and restored environments and capture both interspecific and intraspecific variation. Whole-plant and leaf traits dominate the current dataset, while belowground and reproductive traits remain comparatively underrepresented, highlighting key priorities for future research. CONCLUSIONS: By substantially increasing the representation of savanna species in global trait repositories, CPT enables tests of ecological hypotheses across multiple levels of organization, analyses of trait-environment relationships across fire, soil and climatic gradients, and robust comparisons across forest-savanna transitions. Beyond its scientific value, CPT provides a practical, standardised resource to support conservation planning, restoration programs and evidence-based policy in a biodiversity hotspot facing accelerating land-use and climate pressures.
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Authors Lara Amaral-Garcia, Carlos A. Ordóñez‐Parra, Kayna Agostini, Luiz G. Barbosa‐Dias, Alessandra Fidelis, Pietro K. Maruyama, Natália F. Medeiros, Norma Senna, Davi Rodrigo Rossatto, Pablo H A Melo, Dayana Figueiredo Abdalla, Ludmilla M S Aguiar, Viviane O. Almeida, Maria Júlia Oliveira Alves, Marsal D. Amorim, Lidyanne Y S Aona, Andre Jardim Arruda, André D Azevedo Neto, Caio S. Ballarin, Milton Barbosa, Ricardo L L Berbara, Eduardo van den Berg, P Bergamo, Paulo N. Bernardino, Aline Bertolosi Bombo, Cleusa Bona, Renan Borgiani, Denilson R V Branco, Adriano A Brito-Darosci, Maria G G Camargo, Liliane Santos de Camargos, Mariana Lopes Campagnoli, Bruna H Campos, João C F Cardoso, M L Carlucci, João V P Carreri, I R B Carvalho, Vanessa Carvalho, Mário G B Cava, Gregório Ceccantini, Constance Chassagne, Ana Luisa A Chaves, Marco Antônio Chiminazzo, Alexander V. Christianini, Marcus Vinícius Cianciaruso, Rosane G Collevatti, Hélder Consolaro, Grênivel Mota da Costa, Bruno Bonadio Cozin, Claudineia Pelacani Cruz, L. Felipe Daibes, Mariana Dairel, Andra Carolina Dalbeto, Gabriella Damasceno, Vinícius Dantas, R Dayrell, Gabriela Dezotti, Luiz Eduardo Dias, Ugo Mendes Diniz, Sara Stefani Domingos, Beatriz Silvério dos Santos, Edson Ferreira Duarte, Giselda Durigan, Diego Fernando Escobar, Renato Feliciano, Geraldo W Fernandes, Bruno H S Ferreira, Heleno Dias Ferreira, Maurílio Assis Figueiredo, Hudson G V Fontenele, Augusto C. Franco, Camila T R Freire, Letícia Couto Garcia, R Gasparini, Irene Gélvez‐Zúñiga, Ingrid N. Gomes, Lhoraynne Pereira Gomes, Marina Efigenia Gonçalves, Maria Tereza Grombone-Guaratini, Murilo Menck Guimarães, Alessandro Dias Halfeld, Marina Hirota, Laís Lima Jacconi, Raissa I L Jardim, João Carlos F Melo Júnior, Vera L G Klein, Rosana Marta Kolb, Alessandra Rodrigues Kozovits, Soizig Le Stradic, Priscilla de Paula Loiola, Stephanie Lopes, Renata A Maia, Leandro Maracahipes, Vanessa Mariano, Rafaela Cabral Marinho, Aline Redondo Martins, Amanda Eburneo Martins, de Mattos Gr, Nayara M J Melo, Clesnan Mendes‐Rodrigues
Journal Annals of botany
Year 2026
DOI
10.1093/aob/mcag176
URL
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcag176
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