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TRAD: Thermal traits of anurans database for the Southeastern United States

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Start Date
1916
End Date
2022

Citation

DuBose, T.P., Catalan, V., Moore, C.E., Farallo, V.R., Benson, A.L., Dade, J.L., Hopkins, W.A., and Mims, M.C., 2023, TRAD: Thermal traits of anurans database for the Southeastern United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HZFHSR.

Summary

We present TRAD: Thermal traits of anurans database for the Southeastern United States, a database of thermal trait values related to physiological (critical thermal minima and maxima, preferred temperature, mass) and behavioral thermoregulation (activity period, retreat emergence temperature, basking temperature, foraging temperature minimum and maximum) for 40 anuran species found within the southeastern United States. Using a species-centric approach, we collated this database by first identifying trait values from large reservoirs of amphibian ecology and natural history and then searching the literature using primarily Web of Science to thoroughly identify available thermal trait data. The TRAD database provides a data reservoir [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Abigail L Benson
Originator :
Traci P DuBose, Victorjose Catalan, Chloe E Moore, Vincent R Farallo, Abigail L Benson, Jessica L Dade, William A Hopkins, Meryl C Mims
Metadata Contact :
Abigail L Benson
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Mission Area :
Core Science Systems
SDC Data Owner :
Science Analytics and Synthesis
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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TRAD database_metadata_2023.03.19.xml
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TRAD_full_2022SEPT.csv 221.8 KB text/csv
TRAD_reference_list_2022SEPT.csv 84.16 KB text/csv
TRAD_summary_values_2022SEPT.csv 4.3 KB text/csv

Purpose

Physiological traits describe organismal responses to abiotic conditions, which impacts species persistence and thus biodiversity. As repositories of consolidated organismal responses, trait databases allow researchers to link their study species with trait values which can then be used to investigate the mechanisms and impacts of interspecific physiological variation. Yet, few databases of physiological traits are currently available, hindering our ability to understand how physiological variation influences biodiversity, which will be important to predict how species will react to climate change. By collating physiological trait data, the TRAD database enables interspecific comparisons of anuran thermoregulation, which describe species’ vulnerability to temperature change, physiological niche space and limitations, and potential drivers of anuran geographic range limits, among other ecological and evolutionary patterns and processes.

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Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

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