The database deals with the trees of the treeline ecotone worldwide. The ToTE (Trees of Treeline Ecotone) includes data on 208 tree species distributed across 34 mountain regions of the world. The database on the global tree species richness of the treeline is based on systematic review of 1202 studies published from 1962-2022. The database follows the scientific nomenclature as per Plants of the World Online (2022), the mountain classification as per Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) Mountain Inventory v_2.0 (2022) and the biome classification as per Koppen and provides the current conservation status of the taxa as per IUCN (2022) ver. 2
Funding
This study was partially funded by Space Applications Centre (SAC) ISRO, Ahmedabad, India, under SHRESTI project (Grant number: SAC/EPSA/ALPINE/ SHRESTI/10/2019), Department of Science & Technology Govt. of India, New Delhi under FIST scheme (Grant number: SR/FST/LS-II/2017/103(C)) and University Grants Commission (Grant number: 923/CSIR-UGC NET JUNE 2019).