AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds

Joseph A. Tobias; Catherine Sheard; Alex L. Pigot; Adam J. M. Devenish; Jingyi Yang; Ferran Sayol; Montague H. C. Neate‐clegg; Nico Alioravainen; Thomas L. Weeks; Robert A. Barber; Patrick A. Walkden; Hannah E. A. Macgregor; Samuel E. I. Jones; Claire Vincent; Anna G. Phillips; Nicola M. Marples; Flavia A. Montaño‐centellas; Victor Leandro‐silva; Santiago Claramunt; Bianca Darski; Benjamin G. Freeman; Tom P. Bregman; Christopher R. Cooney; Emma C. Hughes; Elliot J. R. Capp; Zoë K. Varley; Nicholas R. Friedman; Heiko Korntheuer; Andrea Corrales‐vargas; Christopher H. Trisos; Brian C. Weeks; Dagmar M. Hanz; Till Töpfer; Gustavo A. Bravo; Vladimír Remeš; Larissa Nowak; Lincoln S. Carneiro; Amilkar J. Moncada R.; Beata Matysioková; Daniel T. Baldassarre; Alejandra Martínez‐salinas; Jared D. Wolfe; Philip M. Chapman; Benjamin G. Daly; Marjorie C. Sorensen; Alexander Neu; Michael A. Ford; Rebekah J. Mayhew; Luis Fabio Silveira; David J. Kelly; Nathaniel N. D. Annorbah; Henry S. Pollock; Ada M. Grabowska‐zhang; Jay P. Mcentee; Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez; Camila G. Meneses; Marcia C. Muñoz; Luke L. Powell; Gabriel A. Jamie; Thomas J. Matthews; Oscar Johnson; Guilherme R. R. Brito; Kristof Zyskowski; Ross Crates; Michael G. Harvey; Maura Jurado Zevallos; Peter A. Hosner; Tom Bradfer‐lawrence; James M. Maley; F. Gary Stiles; Hevana S. Lima; Kaiya L. Provost; Moses Chibesa; Mmatjie Mashao; Jeffrey T. Howard; Edson Mlamba; Marcus A. H. Chua; Bicheng Li; M. Isabel Gómez; Natalia C. García; Martin Päckert; Jérôme Fuchs; Jarome R. Ali; Elizabeth P. Derryberry; Monica L. Carlson; Rolly C. Urriza; Kristin E. Brzeski; Dewi M. Prawiradilaga; Matt J. Rayner; Eliot T. Miller; Rauri C. K. Bowie; René‐marie Lafontaine; R. Paul Scofield; Yingqiang Lou; Lankani Somarathna; Denis Lepage; Marshall Illif; Eike Lena Neuschulz; Mathias Templin; D. Matthias Dehling; Jacob C. Cooper; Olivier S. G. Pauwels; Kangkuso Analuddin; Jon Fjeldså; Nathalie Seddon; Paul R. Sweet; Fabrice A. J. Declerck; Luciano N. Naka; Jeffrey D. Brawn; Alexandre Aleixo; Katrin Böhning‐gaese; Carsten Rahbek; Susanne A. Fritz; Gavin H. Thomas; Matthias Schleuning; Tim Coulson

doi:10.1111/ele.13898

AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds

Joseph A. Tobias, Catherine Sheard, Alex L. Pigot, Adam J. M. Devenish, Jingyi Yang, Ferran Sayol, Montague H. C. Neate‐clegg, Nico Alioravainen, Thomas L. Weeks, Robert A. Barber, Patrick A. Walkden, Hannah E. A. Macgregor, Samuel E. I. Jones, Claire Vincent, Anna G. Phillips, Nicola M. Marples, Flavia A. Montaño‐centellas, Victor Leandro‐silva, Santiago Claramunt, Bianca DarskiBenjamin G. Freeman, Tom P. Bregman, Christopher R. Cooney, Emma C. Hughes, Elliot J. R. Capp, Zoë K. Varley, Nicholas R. Friedman, Heiko Korntheuer, Andrea Corrales‐vargas, Christopher H. Trisos, Brian C. Weeks, Dagmar M. Hanz, Till Töpfer, Gustavo A. Bravo, Vladimír Remeš, Larissa Nowak, Lincoln S. Carneiro, Amilkar J. Moncada R., Beata Matysioková, Daniel T. Baldassarre, Alejandra Martínez‐salinas, Jared D. Wolfe, Philip M. Chapman, Benjamin G. Daly, Marjorie C. Sorensen, Alexander Neu, Michael A. Ford, Rebekah J. Mayhew, Luis Fabio Silveira, David J. Kelly, Nathaniel N. D. Annorbah, Henry S. Pollock, Ada M. Grabowska‐zhang, Jay P. Mcentee, Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez, Camila G. Meneses, Marcia C. Muñoz, Luke L. Powell, Gabriel A. Jamie, Thomas J. Matthews, Oscar Johnson, Guilherme R. R. Brito, Kristof Zyskowski, Ross Crates, Michael G. Harvey, Maura Jurado Zevallos, Peter A. Hosner, Tom Bradfer‐lawrence, James M. Maley, F. Gary Stiles, Hevana S. Lima, Kaiya L. Provost, Moses Chibesa, Mmatjie Mashao, Jeffrey T. Howard, Edson Mlamba, Marcus A. H. Chua, Bicheng Li, M. Isabel Gómez, Natalia C. García, Martin Päckert, Jérôme Fuchs, Jarome R. Ali, Elizabeth P. Derryberry, Monica L. Carlson, Rolly C. Urriza, Kristin E. Brzeski, Dewi M. Prawiradilaga, Matt J. Rayner, Eliot T. Miller, Rauri C. K. Bowie, René‐marie Lafontaine, R. Paul Scofield, Yingqiang Lou, Lankani Somarathna, Denis Lepage, Marshall Illif, Eike Lena Neuschulz, Mathias Templin, D. Matthias Dehling, Jacob C. Cooper, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Kangkuso Analuddin, Jon Fjeldså, Nathalie Seddon, Paul R. Sweet, Fabrice A. J. Declerck, Luciano N. Naka, Jeffrey D. Brawn, Alexandre Aleixo, Katrin Böhning‐gaese, Carsten Rahbek, Susanne A. Fritz, Gavin H. Thomas, Matthias Schleuning, Tim Coulson (Editor)

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Functional traits offer a rich quantitative framework for developing and testing theories in evolutionary biology, ecology and ecosystem science. However, the potential of functional traits to drive theoretical advances and refine models of global change can only be fully realised when species-level information is complete. Here we present the AVONET dataset containing comprehensive functional trait data for all birds, including six ecological variables, 11 continuous morphological traits, and information on range size and location. Raw morphological measurements are presented from 90,020 individuals of 11,009 extant bird species sampled from 181 countries. These data are also summarised as species averages in three taxonomic formats, allowing integration with a global phylogeny, geographical range maps, IUCN Red List data and the eBird citizen science database. The AVONET dataset provides the most detailed picture of continuous trait variation for any major radiation of organisms, offering a global template for testing hypotheses and exploring the evolutionary origins, structure and functioning of biodiversity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	581-597
Number of pages	17
Journal	Ecology Letters
Volume	25
Issue number	3
Early online date	24 Feb 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898
Publication status	Published - Mar 2022

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Funding Information:
We thank the Natural History Museum, Tring, UK, the American Museum of Natural History, USA, and 76 other research collections for providing access to specimens. Illustrations are reproduced with permission of Lynx Edicions/Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Financial support was received from numerous sources, with extensive support from Natural Environment Research Council grants NE/I028068/1, NE/P004512/1 and UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund grant ES/P011306/1 (JAT). All major sources of funding are listed in Supplementary Material, along with a complete list of institutions and individuals that contributed to data collection, logistics and specimen access.

Funding Information:
We thank the Natural History Museum, Tring, UK, the American Museum of Natural History, USA, and 76 other research collections for providing access to specimens. Illustrations are reproduced with permission of Lynx Edicions/Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Financial support was received from numerous sources, with extensive support from Natural Environment Research Council grants NE/I028068/1, NE/P004512/1 and UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund grant ES/P011306/1 (JAT). All major sources of funding are listed in Supplementary Material, along with a complete list of institutions and individuals that contributed to data collection, logistics and specimen access.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Keywords

avian traits
continuous variables
data integration
ecomorphology
functional diversity
macroecology
macroevolution
trait-based ecology

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Tobias, J. A., Sheard, C., Pigot, A. L., Devenish, A. J. M., Yang, J., Sayol, F., Neate‐clegg, M. H. C., Alioravainen, N., Weeks, T. L., Barber, R. A., Walkden, P. A., Macgregor, H. E. A., Jones, S. E. I., Vincent, C., Phillips, A. G., Marples, N. M., Montaño‐centellas, F. A., Leandro‐silva, V., Claramunt, S., ... Coulson, T. (Ed.) (2022). AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters, 25(3), 581-597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898

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