Table 1.

Slopes (Coef.) and significances (P) of the linear regressions between successional age and the changes in community mean trait value due to species turnover only, intraspecific variation (ITV) only, and species turnover and ITV (performed on six plots for each forest type).

Forest type	Trait	Species turnover		ITV		Species turnover and ITV
		Coef.	P	Coef.	P	Coef.	P
Mixed forest	Leaf thickness	−0.0005	0.319	−0.0004	0.088	−0.0008	0.190
	SLA	0.0770	0.926	0.5772	0.029	0.6542	0.498
	Leaf density	0.0013	0.027	−0.0002	0.373	0.0011	0.081
	LNC	0.1905	0.061	0.0432	0.014	0.2337	0.036
	C/N	−0.1324	0.174	−0.0313	0.026	−0.1637	0.118
	N/P	0.2095	0.032	0.0097	0.785	0.2192	0.081
Oak forest	SLA	0.3831	0.798	1.1635	0.059	1.5466	0.377

Only traits that have at least one relationship with P < 0.1 are presented. Relationships with P < 0.1 are highlighted in bold (Supplementary Table S5 gives the value for all traits).