CartograPlant: Bridging genomic, phenotypic, and environmental data to advance plant resilience and eco-evolutionary insight

Brandon M Lind , Irene Cobo-Simón, Meghan Myles, Gabe Barrett, Emily Grau, Risharde Ramnath, Vlad Savitsky, Jill Wegrzyn

Climate change is threatening plant health and productivity at all spatial scales, and these impacts are further compounded by the rising incidence of invasive pests and pathogens. Effectively addressing these challenges requires a comprehensive understanding of plant demography as well as the mechanisms and drivers of adaptation. Achieving this understanding requires the integration of physiological, ecological, and genetic datasets. However, such integration is often hindered by disconnected data sources, inconsistent metadata standards, and limited tools to link, analyze, and visualize multi-dimensional datasets in a unified framework. Addressing these hurdles is critical to advancing the understanding of species responses to environmental change and developing informed strategies for conservation, restoration, and adaptive management.