Report on the results of the functional traits meta-analysis

Abstract

This manuscript summarises the work done during the first 6 months of the Medit Project, dealing in particular with the functional traits database developed and analysed within component C1 (“Literature Review and Metadata Collection”). This report summarises the development and analysis of the functional traits database. An accompanying report (Deliverable No1) summarises the tree-rings dataset development and meta-analysis. Within Deliverable No2 I have gathered and analysed functional traits data for 50 forest species commonly found in forest along Greece. The aim of this analysis was to a) develop a start-up dataset to identify data-gaps regarding the functional traits of interest, with particular interest to the Mediterranean basin, b) to use this database in conjuction to the functional traits data gathered in Medit component 4 , and to identify potential trait inter-relationships of interest. These data will be used for the initial parameterisation of the GREFOS and the LPJ model