Table 3. Pearson’s correlation coefficients between the standardized data representing climate variability and annual net primary production in tropical or subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests from 1981to 2012.
Climate variables | r | n | ||||
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WIN | SPR | SUM | AUT | Annual | ||
MAP | −0.031 | 0.090 | −0.052 | −0.232 | −0.120 | 160 |
MAT | 0.350** | 0.242* | 0.324** | 0.423** | 0.508** | 160 |
MARH | −0.474** | −0.281** | −0.435** | −0.516** | −0.491** | 160 |
Top 50 soil water content | −0.193 | −0.237 | −0.321* | −0.220 | −0.320* | 49 |
Annual days without rainfall | 0.266** | 0.110 | 0.121 | 0.330** | 0.510** | 160 |
Annual days with small rainfall | −0.232* | −0.172* | −0.064 | −0.285** | −0.352** | 160 |
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.001.