Table 1.
Climate characterization of the six populations of Pinus canariensis and the three provenance trials included in this study.
| Ecological region | Population | Elevation | MAP (mm) | T (°C) | Tr (°C) | Dp (months) | ETo (mm/d) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sp | sum | aut | win | |||||||
| 1 | Guancha | 700 | 939.9 | 12.7 | 14.4 | 3.6 | 3.56 | 4.41 | 2.34 | 2.39 |
| 2 | Vilaflor | 1900 | 505 | 13.2 | 22.2 | 5.36 | 4.15 | 4.77 | 2.73 | 2.84 |
| 3 | Esperanza | 1100 | 629.7 | 14.7 | 17.4 | 4.79 | 3.74 | 4.47 | 2.41 | 2.50 |
| 6 | El Hierro | 1000 | 450.1 | 16.4 | 15.7 | 6.66 | 4.2 | 4.80 | 2.76 | 2.90 |
| 7 | Tirma | 850 | 379.6 | 18 | 20.6 | 6.83 | 4.37 | 4.84 | 2.85 | 2.99 |
| 8 | Mogán | 900 | 334.7 | 17.6 | 21.9 | 7.52 | 4.37 | 4.84 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Provenance trials | ||||||||||
| 1 | Wet | 1575 | 795 | 14.3 | 21.1 | 4.07 | 3.70 | 4.46 | 2.39 | 2.47 |
| 2 | Dry | 1720 | 460 | 11.4 | 21.0 | 4.82 | 4.21 | 4.80 | 2.77 | 2.89 |
| 8 | Xeric | 1259 | 320 | 17.8 | 20.3 | 7.68 | 4.36 | 4.90 | 3.00 | 3.01 |
MAP: annual precipitation, T: mean annual temperature, Tr: annual temperature range, Dp: drought period; ETo: Evapotranspiration calculated with Penman-Monteith equation (sp: spring; sum: summer; aut: autumn; win: winter).