Read me The data file contains information on leaf elemental content for 20 species sown in different mixtures across the trait based experiment of the Jena Field Site. The design of the study is described in the associated paper. Columns are Species: Species acronym, see paper for full species names Month: Month of sampling (May or August) Block: The TBE-Experiment consist of three spatial blocks, BOBA, BOBB, BOBC Plot: The plots are numbered from 1 to 138 Pool: The species belong to one out of three species pools, see paper for details N: Nitrogen concentration as % of leaf dry mass C: Carbon concentration as % of leaf dry mass P: Phosphorus concentraion as % of leaf dry mass CN: Molar ratio of C : N CP: Molar ratio of C : P NP: Molar ratio of N : P