Table 5.

Correlation between seed’s characteristics and climatic factors

	S	F	GS	GF	CHOS	CHOF	PROS	PROF	AG	BG
S	1
F	− 1.00**	1
GS	− 0.292	0.292	1
GF	0.175	− 0.175	0.492	1
CHOS	0.249	− 0.249	0.406	− 0.044	1
CHOF	0.219	− 0.219	0.261	− 0.175	0.915**	1
PROS	− 0.311	0.311	0.012	0.453	− 0.693*	− 0.863**	1
PROF	0.080	− 0.080	− 0.250	0.019	− 0.409	− 0.628	0.483	1
AG	0.681*	0.681*	− 0.127	0.287	− 0.164	− 0.139	− 0.055	− 0.037	1
BG	0.244	− 0.244	0.419	0.588	0.018	− 0.109	0.329	− 0.242	0.304	1
Lat	0.219	− 0.219	− 0.297	− 0.362	0.467	0.576	− 0.62	− 0.012	− 0.127	− 0.699*
Long	− 0.085	0.085	0.006	0.168	0.127	0.261	− 0.188	0.024	− 0.224	− 0.45
ALT	0.267	− 0.267	− 0.382	− 0.212	− 0.358	− 0.43	0.322	0.226	0.467	0.085
Tmin	− 0.316	0.316	0.43	0.268	0.224	0.297	− 0.207	− 0.213	− 0.418	0.049
Tmax	0.401	− 0.401	0.055	− 0.062	0.576	0.673*	− 0.729*	− 0.152	− 0.091	− 0.109
Prec	− 0.207	0.207	0.127	0.262	0.212	− 0.006	0.353	0.018	− 0.164	0.043
bio1	− 0.122	0.122	0.261	0.243	0.188	0.333	− 0.304	− 0.183	− 0.333	− 0.049
bio2	0.681*	0.681*	− 0.612	− 0.38	0.127	0.212	− 0.492	0.287	0.358	− 0.45
bio3	0.116	− 0.116	0.139	− 0.069	− 0.115	− 0.321	0.255	0.177	0.224	0.48
bio4	− 0.128	0.128	− 0.055	0.069	0.115	0.236	− 0.17	0.079	− 0.309	− 0.486
bio5	0.085	− 0.085	− 0.03	− 0.268	0.636*	0.782**	− 0.778**	− 0.323	− 0.358	− 0.383
bio6	− 0.129	0.129	0.485	0.498	− 0.092	− 0.08	0.203	− 0.346	− 0.006	0.763*
bio7	0.219	− 0.219	− 0.297	− 0.362	0.467	0.576	− 0.62	− 0.012	− 0.127	− 0.699*
bio8	− 0.073	0.073	0.164	0.168	0.345	0.273	− 0.091	0.134	− 0.552	0.036
bio9	0.006	− 0.006	0.188	− 0.075	0.709*	0.782**	− 0.675*	− 0.421	− 0.418	− 0.158
bio10	− 0.134	0.134	0.248	0.118	0.37	0.503	− 0.419	− 0.183	− 0.418	− 0.231
bio11	0.277	− 0.277	0.055	0.076	0.19	0.264	− 0.271	− 0.37	− 0.006	0.554
bio12	− 0.207	0.207	0.127	0.262	0.212	− 0.006	0.353	0.018	− 0.164	0.043
bio13	− 0.186	0.186	0.176	0.131	0.304	0.055	0.25	0.009	− 0.128	0.064
bio14	− 0.102	0.102	0.302	0.443	− 0.419	− 0.468	0.503	− 0.152	0.314	0.815**
bio15	− 0.073	0.073	0.236	− 0.274	0.479	0.636*	− 0.602	− 0.476	− 0.115	− 0.413
bio16	− 0.207	0.207	0.127	0.262	0.212	− 0.006	0.353	0.018	− 0.164	0.043
bio17	− 0.025	0.025	0.067	0.29	− 0.313	− 0.448	0.529	− 0.025	0.202	0.769**
bio18	0.036	− 0.036	− 0.042	0.15	0.212	− 0.055	0.304	0.14	0.018	0.097
bio19	− 0.632*	0.632*	0.261	0.299	− 0.636*	− 0.612	0.687*	− 0.104	0.018	0.267

S sink seeds, F float seeds, GS germination percentage of sink seeds, GF germination percentage of float seeds, CHOS carbohydrate percentage of sink seeds, CHOF carbohydrate percentage of float seeds, PROS protein percentage of sink seeds, PROF protein percentage of float seeds, AG above ground growth, BG below ground growth, Lat latitude, Long longitude, ALT altitude, Tmin temperature minimum, Tmax temperature maximum, Prec rainfall (precipitation), bio1-19(different climatic modules)

*, **Significance of the Pearson correlation at P < 0.01, 0.05 respectively. The italic values are the possible correlation that were taken into consideration