Table 3.

Correlation of MODIS NDVI and EVI values according to natural land cover types, biogeoclimate zones, and seasons in Turkey.

Natural terrestrial ecosystem (NTE) types	NTE types		Winter		Spring		Summer		Autumn
	r	P	r	P	r	P	r	P	r	P
(Sub)nival snow/ice	0.96	<0.001	-0.44	>0.05	-0.25	>0.05	-0.24	>0.05	0.74	0.05
Alpine barren/sparsely vegetated	0.85	<0.001	-0.17	>0.05	0.90	0.005	0.25	>0.05	0.95	0.001
Boreal barren/sparsely vegetated	0.72	<0.001	-0.24	>0.05	0.70	>0.05	0.20	>0.05	0.62	>0.05
Boreal forest	0.60	0.001	-0.06	>0.05	-0.02	>0.05	0.95	0.001	0.35	>0.05
Cool Temperate barren/sparsely vegetated	0.81	<0.001	-0.37	>0.05	0.74	0.05	0.98	<0.001	0.77	0.04
Cool Temperate grassland	0.58	0.001	-0.69	>0.05	0.67	>0.05	0.96	<0.001	0.52	>0.05
Cool Temperate shrubland/woodland	0.66	<0.001	-0.64	>0.05	0.20	>0.05	0.91	0.004	0.07	>0.05
Cool Temperate forest	0.69	<0.001	-0.39	>0.05	-0.30	>0.05	0.84	0.01	-0.34	>0.05
Warm Temperate barren/sparsely vegetated	0.93	<0.001	0.21	>0.05	0.98	<0.001	0.98	<0.001	0.29	>0.05
Warm Temperate grassland	0.91	<0.001	0.38	>0.05	0.94	0.001	0.89	0.006	0.94	0.001
Warm Temperate shrubland/woodland	0.92	<0.001	0.51	>0.05	0.97	<0.001	0.61	>0.05	0.93	0.002
Warm Temperate forest	0.87	<0.001	0.36	>0.05	0.96	<0.001	0.69	>0.05	0.76	0.04
Mediterranean barren/sparsely vegetated	0.92	<0.001	0.95	0.001	0.94	0.001	0.95	0.001	0.96	<0.001
Mediterranean grassland	0.85	<0.001	0.97	<0.001	0.94	0.001	0.84	0.01	0.98	<0.001
Mediterranean shrubland/woodland	0.62	<0.001	0.97	<0.001	0.99	<0.001	0.90	0.005	-0.67	>0.05
Mediterranean forest	0.26	>0.05	-0.79	0.03	0.95	0.001	0.14	>0.05	0.86	0.01
Mean ± SD	0.76 ± 0.19		0.04 ± 0.60		0.64 ± 0.46		0.68 ± 0.38		0.55 ± 0.49