Figure 4.5 Mean and 95% confidence intervals for stem recruitment and mortality 5 Rates for each plot were rates against calendar year, for plots arrayed across Amazonia. corrected for the effects of differing census interval lengths. for'site switching(changes through time in the plots being measured) and for"majestic forest bias' (potential avoiding of gaps when establishing plots). A detailed justification methodology for these corrections is gitven in phillips et al(2004); all trends hold if these corrections are not applied. Black indicates recruitment, grey indicates mortality. solid lines are means, and dots are 95% confidence intervals(from Phillips et al, 2004).