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Supporting Online Material for Habitat-filtering and niche differentiation jointly explain species relative abundance within grassland communities along fertility and disturbance gradients. Vincent Maire, Nicolas Gross, Luca B?rger, Rapha?l Proulx, Christian Wirth, Laíse da Silveira Pontes, Jean-Fran?ois Soussana, Frédérique Louault To whom correspondence should be addressed: E-mail: vmaire24@ This file includes: Method S1: List of 28 plant functional traits studied for 12 grass species. Method S2: Measurements of plant functional traits. Table S1: List of plant functional traits studied for 12 grass species. Table S2: Seed mass of the 12 grass species. Table S3: Tables of principal component coordinate values of 28 plant traits and of 12 species on the first four main components. Table S4 Reduced major axis regression between functional trait value (FTk) and functional dissimilarity (FDk) for each specialization axis used in the study. Figure S1 Relationships between species abundance and functional trait value (FT) and between species abundance and functional dissimilarity value (FD) for each of four axes of specialization Figure S2 Species relative abundance for three six-species mixtures under different management treatments Methods S1 Plant trait-function relationships Twenty eight vegetative functional traits reflecting the morphology, phenology, physiology and chemical composition of leaves, roots and whole plants were measured. Together, these traits reflect plant strategies of perennials pasture grass species for acquiring, using and conserving carbon, nitrogen and water, and for exploiting different temporal niches (Maire et al., 2009). The relationships between functional traits, plant functions and associated plant strategies are detailed below and are synthesized in table SI1-1. The C acquisition was estimated by measuring both plant components which are able maximizing assimilates return: leaf area (LA) deployed for light capture and leaf N co