Table 5. Site characteristics where the range value was larger than or less than the maximum lag distance covered by the semivariogram model, (mean ±1 SE). Range>maximum lag indicates that the semivariogram did not reach an asymptot.

	Latitude (°)	Longitude (°)	Elevation (m.a.s.l.)	Mean annual temperature (°C)	Mean annual precipitation (mm)	Canopy height (m)	Mean Ts (°C)	Mean SWC (%)	Maximum lag of semivariogram (m)	n
Ts
Range<maximum lag	43±2	−106±3	741±111	9±1	861±80	12±2	15±1	12±1	94±1	53
Range>maximum lag	37±4	−90±6	759±367	12±3	899±109	13±4	19±2	10±2	87±3	7
P value	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	0.098	NS	NS
SWC
Range<maximum lag	42±2	−105±3	778±122	9±1	841±76	11±2	15±1	11±1	95±1	50
Range>maximum lag	42±4	−102±8	572±168	10±3	990±211	16±4	15±2	14±3	86±3	10
P value	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	0.024

NS: not significant (i.e., p>0.1 and factor was removed from the statistical model).