Trait;"Role or function";Taxon;References "Alpha traits"; ; ;  Height;"Competitive ability";Plants;"Spasojevic and Suding 2012, Bernard-Verdier et al. 2013, Giehl and Jarenkow 2015, Kraft et al. 2015 " "Lateral spread";"Competitive ability";Plants;"Klimeš and Klimešová 2000 " "Rooting depth";"Resource capture";Plants;"Kraft et al. 2015 " "Head length, depth";"Feeding strategy";Fish;"Pease et al. 2012 " "Gill raker length";"Feeding strategy";Fish;"Ingram and Shurin 2009 " "Bite rate";"Foraging behavior";Fish;"Adam et al. 2015 " "Bill length";"Feeding strategy";Birds;"Gómez et al. 2010, Graham et al. 2012" "Foraging stratum";"Feeding strategy";Birds;"Gómez et al. 2010" "Trophic position";"Feeding strategy";"Aquatic insects";"Saito et al. 2016" "Organic carbon consumption";"Resource capture";Bacteria;"Goberna et al. 2014" "Nitrogen fixation";"Resource capture";Bacteria;"Goberna et al. 2014" "Beta traits"; ; ;  "Leaf size";"Stress tolerance";Plants;"Spasojevic and Suding 2012 " "Wood density";"Drought tolerance";Plants;"Ackerly et al. 2006, Savage and Cavender-Bares 2012" "Pectoral and pelvic fin length";"Habitat use and locomotion";Fish;"Pease et al. 2012 " "Eye size";"Depth habitat";Fish;"Ingram and Shurin 2009" "Wing chord";"Temperature constraints";Birds;"Graham et al. 2012" "Body coloration    ";"Camouflage and habitat use";Ants;"Blaimer et al. 2015" "Respiration mode";"Oxygen constraints";"Aquatic insects";"Saito et al. 2016" "Ability to form resistant structures";"Stress tolerance";Bacteria;"Goberna et al. 2014"