Figure 3. Recruitment in relation to crown area index (CAI ₀).

The error bars show ±2 s.e. for the observed recruitment rate. The data were binned and averaged as in Figure 1, but in this case the bin widths were chosen to obtain an equal number of observations in each bin. For each bin, the predicted range (dashed lines) was calculated by ranking each plot by the predicted recruitment rate, then calculating the average recruitment rate for the top and bottom ten percent of values.