Table 2.
Parameter | Dry slope | Humid slope | t | p |
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Residuals (mean annual air temperature) | 0.13 ± 0.58 | -0.33 ± 0.49 | 1.79 | 0.09 |
Residuals (mean annual soil temperature) | 0.09 ± 0.65 | -0.03 ± 0.50 | 0.31 | 0.77 |
Absolute minimum air temperature | -2.58 ± 1.28 | -2.33 ± 0.60 | -0.56 | 0.58 |
Residuals (absolute minimum soil temperature) | -0.22 ± 0.53 | 0.09 ± 0.81 | -0.73 | 0.49 |
Absolute maximum air temperature | 23.10 ± 5.65 | 16.52 ± 0.50 | 3.87 | 0.01 |
Residuals (absolute maximum soil temperature) | 0.10 ± 0.73 | -0.39 ± 0.58 | 1.18 | 0.27 |
Residuals (mean air temp. of growing season) | 0.56 ± 0.45 | -0.26 ± 0.37 | 3.17 | 0.01 |
Residuals (mean soil temp. of growing season) | -0.02 ± 0.59 | 0.18 ± 0.76 | -0.48 | 0.65 |
For those factors for which significant linear relationships to elevation were recovered when combining data from both dry and humid slopes, t-tests were used to compare the residuals of the dry against the humid sites. For those two parameters without significant elevational trends, the raw values were compared.