Traits are increasingly being used to quantify global biodiversity patterns, with trait databases growing in size and number, across diverse taxa. Abbie Chapman discusses the first global-scale trait database for deep-sea hydrothermal-vent fauna – sFDvent (sDiv-funded trait database for the Functional Diversity of vents), funded by German Centre for Integrative Research (iDiv) and its Synthesis Centre (sDiv).
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