Fig. 5.

Leaf area ratio (LAR) of seedlings of H. courbaril growing with (closed symbols) or without (open symbols) cotyledons in (A) forest, (B) growth room, and (C) greenhouse. The arrows indicate the date on which the detachment of cotyledons was performed. Vertical bars represent results of a Tukey test (n = 5, P < 0·05). Asterisks indicate significant differences between treatments.