Table 2. Minimum, maximum and averaged air temperature and soil temperature (5 cm depth and 10 cm depth) in the fir forest at different altitudes.
| Altitudes | Minimum (°C) | Maximum (°C) | Averaged (°C) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| air | 5 cm | 15 cm | air | 5 cm | 15 cm | air | 5 cm | 15 cm | |
| 3600 m | -13.96a (0.18) # | -4.64a(0.34) | -3.90a(0.28) | 19.29a (0.22) | 14.89a (0.19) | 14.06ab (0.36) | 3.32a (0.27) | 4.76a (0.32) | 5.14a (0.28) |
| 3300 m | -12.31b (0.20) | -4.94a(0.32) | -4.07a(0.31) | 19.38a (0.33) | 15.31b (0.21) | 14.42a (0.25) | 4.81b (0.19) | 4.71a (0.22) | 5.27a (0.25) |
| 3000 m | -10.85c (0.21) | -3.79b(0.24) | -3.21b(0.27) | 19.16a (0.24) | 15.99c(0.23) | 15.81b(0.26) | 5.27c (0.23) | 6.25b (0.41) | 6.23b (0.31) |
# Data in parentheses are the standard deviation.
Values within a column followed by the same lower case letters are not significantly different at P < 0.05.