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Seasonal forests and savannas often occur side by side in Neotropical landscapes, so it is possible to find plant species in both or in just one of these two contrasting habitats. But, what adaptations to the prevailing environmental conditions explain species occurrence in these habitats? In this study, we tested the hypotheses that (i) distinct ecological strategies explain the occurrence of woody species in forests, savannas, or in both habitats, and that (ii) such strategies appear at both inter- and intraspecific levels. We evaluated the habitat preference of 284 woody species using data collected in six paired seasonal forest and savanna habitats throughout the Brazilian Cerrado. To investigate the ecological strategies of forest-specialist, savanna-specialist or generalist species, we used data on functional traits at the inter- and intraspecific levels. We found that acquisitive traits were associated with species occurring in …