Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world

This database accompanies the publication "Lin et al. (2015) Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world. Nature Climate Change, 5, 459–464. This database is a collection of published and unpublished data sets. For the list of the original source and data contributors, please see supplementary information Table S2 in the manuscript above. All users should cite the following manuscript: Lin et al. (2015) Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world. Nature Climate Change, 5, 459–464. DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2550 Contact: Yan-Shih Lin (yanshihL [at] gmail.com)Belinda Medlyn (belinda.medlyn [at] mq.edu.au)Remko Duursma (remkoduursma [at] gmail.com) VariableDescriptionUnits or allowed values Pathway Photosynthetic pathway C3, C4, CAM Type Gymnosperm or angiosperm 'gymnosperm', 'angiosperm' Plantform Plant life form 'tree', 'shrub', 'grass', 'crop', 'savanna' Leafspan Evergreen or Deciduous 'evergreen', 'deciduous' Tregion Biome 'arctic', 'boreal', 'temperate', 'tropical' Wregion Classification based on aridity index 'arid', 'semi-arid', 'dry sub-humid', 'humid' Wregion2 Moisture index (numerical) opt Growing under ambient or stressed condition 'opt' or 'non-opt' Species Species name (string) CO2S CO2 concentration at leaf surface ppm Datacontrib Name of the data contributor (string) Growthcond Growth condition 'Glasshouse', ' Field', 'Potted plant', 'Whole-tree chamber', etc. Trmmol Leaf transpiration mmol m-2 s-1 PARin Photosynthetically active radiation in cuvette umol m-2 s-1 Location Site location (string) latitude Site latitude Decimal degrees longitude Site longitude Decimal degrees Tleaf Leaf temperature degrees C Cond Stomatal conductance mol m-2 s-1 Photo Photosynthetic rate umol m-2 s-1 VPD Vapour pressure deficit kPa