Ecological Archives M080-013-A1

**Nathan J. B. Kraft and David D. Ackerly. 2010. Functional trait and phylogenetic tests of community assembly across spatial scales in an Amazonian forest. Ecological Monographs 80:401–422.**

Appendix A (TABLE A1). Summary of the functional trait database used in the study.

Trait	Number of species	Percentage of stems in plot	Source
SLA	1081	99.8%	Field collected
Leaf [N]	1083	99.9%	Field collected
Leaf Size	1081	99.8%	Field collected
Seed Mass	321	58%	Collections in plot by S.J. Wright and N. Garwood
Wood Density	265	29%	from Chave et al. 2006
Maximum dbh	1122	100%	Estimated from census data
D95_0.1	605	95.1%	Estimated from census data

Notes: Details of trait collection can be found in methods in main text and in Kraft et al. 2008.

LITERATURE CITED

Chave, J., H. C. Muller-Landau, T. R. Baker, T. A. Easdale, H. Ter Steege, and C. O. Webb. 2006. Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2456 neotropical tree species. Ecological Applications 16:2356–2367.

Kraft, N. J. B., R. Valencia, and D. Ackerly. 2008. Functional traits and niche-based tree community assembly in an Amazonian forest. Science 322:580–582.

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