Table 1.

Bootstrapping means and 95 % confidence intervals of self-thinning slopes of the relationship between survivor densities and mean individual mass (both log-transformed; n = 10)

			Slope		Intercept
p	s	F?	Mean	95 % CI	Mean	95 % CI
0	0·0	n	–0·8204	–0·8212 to –0·8196	12·743	12·738–12·749
0·5	0·0	n	–0·8934	–0·8989 to –0·8879	13·296	13·258–13·335
1·0	0·0	n	–1·1381	–1·1428 to –1·1333	14·090	14·059–14·122
10·0	0·0	n	–1·4278	–1·4305 to –1·4251	14·451	14·433–14·469
0	0·4	n	–0·9148	–0·9158 to –0·9138	13·115	13·108–13·122
0	0·4	y	–0·8228	–0·8232 to –0·8225	12·754	12·751–12·757
0	0·8	n	–1·0514	–1·0526 to –1·0502	13·143	13·134–13·151
0	0·8	y	–0·8309	–0·8315 to –0·8304	12·806	12·802–12·810
0·5	0·4	n	–0·9354	–0·9384 to –0·9323	13·249	13·229–13·268
0·5	0·4	y	–0·8685	–0·8721 to –0·8648	13·113	13·087–13·139
0·5	0·8	n	–1·0838	–1·0844 to –1·0832	13·311	13·640–13·716
0·5	0·8	y	–0·9497	–0·9550 to –0·9443	13·678	13·307–13·315
1·0	0·4	n	–1·1216	–1·1264 to –1·1167	13·769	13·880–13·929
1·0	0·4	y	–1·1106	–1·1136 to –1·1077	13·905	13·731–13·870
1·0	0·8	n	–1·2019	–1·2037 to –1·2001	12·958	13·368–13·397
1·0	0·8	y	–1·0996	–1·1013 to –1·0978	14·383	12·943–12·972
10·0	0·4	n	–1·4970	–1·4984 to –1·4955	14·790	14·779–14·801
10·0	0·4	y	–1·4503	–1·4517 to –1·4489	14·558	14·548–14·568
10·0	0·8	n	–1·6095	–1·6117 to –1·6074	15·412	15·395–15·428
10·0	0·8	y	–1·4585	–1·4602 to –1·4567	14·580	14·567–14·593

s defines the level of stress (0–1), and p defines the size symmetry of competition (0: completely symmetric; 0·5: partially size-symmetric; 1·0: perfectly size-symmetric; 10·0: highly size-asymmetric). F? indicates whether the case includes facilitation.