AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds

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Tobias, Joseph A. and Sheard, Catherine and Pigot, Alex L. and Devenish, Adam J. M. and Yang, Jingyi and Sayol, Ferran and Neate‐Clegg, Montague H. C. and Alioravainen, Nico and Weeks, Thomas and Barber, Robert A. and Walkden, Patrick A. and MacGregor, Hannah E. A. and Jones, Samuel E. I. and Vincent, Claire and Phillips, Anna G. and Marples, Nicola M. and Montaño‐Centellas, Flavia and Leandro‐Silva, Victor and Claramunt, Santiago and Darski, Bianca and Freeman, Benjamin G. and Bregman, Tom P. and Cooney, Christopher R. and Hughes, Emma C. and Capp, Elliot J. R. and Varley, Zoë K. and Friedman, Nicholas R. and Korntheuer, Heiko and Corrales‐Vargas, Andrea and Trisos, Christopher H. and Weeks, Brian C. and Hanz, Dagmar M. and Töpfer, Till and Bravo, Gustavo A. and Remeš, Vladimír and Nowak, Larissa and Carneiro, Lincoln Silva and R., Amilkar J. Moncada and Matysioková, Beata and Baldassarre, Daniel T. and Martínez‐Salinas, Alejandra and Wolfe, Jared D. and Chapman, Philip M. and Daly, Benjamin G. and Sorensen, Marjorie C. and Neu, Alexander and Ford, Michael A. and Mayhew, Rebekah J. and Silveira, Luís Fábio and Kelly, David and Annorbah, Nathaniel N. D. and Pollock, Henry S. and Grabowska-Zhang, Ada and McEntee, Jay P. and Gonzalez, Juan Carlos T. and Meneses, Camila G. and Muñoz, Marcia C. and Powell, Luke L. and Jamie, Gabriel A. and Matthews, Thomas J. and Johnson, Oscar W. and Brito, Guilherme Renzo Rocha and Zyskowski, Kristof and Crates, Ross and Harvey, Michael and Zevallos, Maura Jurado and Hosner, Peter A. and Bradfer‐Lawrence, Tom and Maley, James M. and Stiles, F. Gary and Lima, Hevana S. and Provost, Kaiya L. and Chibesa, Moses and Mashao, Mmatjie and Howard, Jeffrey T. and Mlamba, Edson and Chua, Marcus A.H. and Li, Bicheng and Gómez, María Isabel and García, Natalia C. and Päckert, Martin and Fuchs, Jérôme and Ali, Jarome R. and Derryberry, Elizabeth P. and Carlson, Monica L. and Urriza, Rolly C. and Brzeski, Kristin E. and Prawiradilaga, Dewi Malia and Rayner, Matt J. and Miller, Eliot T. and Bowie, Rauri C. K. and Lafontaine, René‐Marie and Scofield, R. Paul and Lou, Yingqiang and Somarathna, Lankani and Lepage, Denis and Illif, Marshall and Neuschulz, Eike Lena and Templin, Mathias and Dehling, D. Matthias and Cooper, Jacob C. and Pauwels, Olivier S. G. and Analuddin, Kangkuso and Fjeldså, Jon and Seddon, Nathalie and Sweet, Paul R. and DeClerck, Fabrice and Naka, Luciano N. and Brawn, Jeffrey D. and Aleixo, Alexandre Luis Padovan and Böhning‐Gaese, Katrin and Rahbek, Carsten and Fritz, Susanne A. and Thomas, Gavin H. and Schleuning, Matthias (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters, 25 (3). pp. 581-597. ISSN 1461-023X, 1461-0248

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Abstract

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.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: avian traits, continuous variables, data integration, ecomorphology, functional diversity, macroecology, macroevolution, trait-based ecology
Subjects: Zoology
Medicine & Biology
Depositing User: Rizzal Rosiyan
Date Deposited: 21 Jul 2026 02:18
Last Modified: 21 Jul 2026 02:18
URI: https://karya.brin.go.id/id/eprint/59551

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