Data for Bhaskar R.,Dawson, T., & P. Balvanera (2013) Community assembly and functional diversity along succession post-management. Functional Ecology. Summary of files: TraitDatDRYAD.xlsx = Species list and mean trait values for each species x stage included in the study. Trait data collected by Radika Bhaskar; permanent contact email radika@gmail.com file column headers: Species name: genus and species name for 63 dominant taxa included in the study SLA: specific leaf area (cm2 g-1) Wood density: first-year shoot wood density (g cm-3) LNC: leaf nitrogen content (%N) [Stage Category Codes] OG: old-growth (undisturbed) SS3: advanced secondary succession SS2: intermediate secondary succession SS1: early secondary succession See Methods as well as Supplementary Methods in Archived Appendix for design,collection and measurement details. NA indicates species were either not present or not sufficiently abundant in that stage to be included in the trait analysis Species' mean trait values: a minimum of 3 individuals were used as replicates per species to calculate a mean trait value in a particular stage. If 3 replicates were not measured the average trait value for that species from the stage closest in age was used. The trait matrix described in the Methods and Supplementary Methods used for null model analysis replaced all NA values with the mean trait value for a given species across all stages where it was measured.