Fig 1. Performance of Ghanaian tree seedlings in terms of (a) survival and (b) relative biomass growth rate (RGR) in response to drought and shade.

Shade treatments consisted of low light (5% of full sunlight, black bars) and high light (20% of full sunlight, grey bars). The water treatment consisted of a wet treatment (plants continuously watered for nine weeks) and dry treatment (water was withheld from seedlings for nine weeks). Means and standard error of the means are shown. Bars accompanied by a different letter are significantly different at P < 0.05 (ANOVA, Post hoc LSD test). n = 10 species.