Table 5.

Correlation coefficients between rainfall, temperature, altitude and the content of sugars and organic acids.

		Sucr	Gluc	Fruc	TS	G/F	Mal	Shik	Cit	Fum	TA	S/A
Tm	DR	0.80 **	0.68 **	0.90 **	0.83 **	−0.75 **	−0.83 **	−0.74 **	−0.92 **	−0.11	−0.85 **	0.85 **
	CC	0.62	0.60	0.42	0.56	0.42	−0.64	−0.14	−0.73(*)	−0.66	−0.62	0.65
Alt	DR	−0.65 **	−0.74 **	−0.78 **	−0.78 **	0.38	0.47 *	0.20	0.55 **	−0.05	0.47 *	−0.56 **
	CC	−0.66	−0.75 *	−0.78 *	−0.78 *	0.40	0.47	0.20	0.57	−0.05	0.47	−0.56
Ppt	DR	0.13	0.30	−0.03	0.11	−0.53 **	0.29	0.17	0.38	0.07	0.31	−0.20
	CC	0.14	0.30	−0.03	0.11	0.56	0.29	0.17	0.39	0.07	0.31	−0.20

DR—dog rose; CC—cornelian cherry; Gluc—glucose; Fruc—fructose; Sucr—sucrose; TS—total sugar; TA—total acid; Mal—malic; Cit—citric; Shik—shikimic; Fum—fumaric acid; G/F—glucose/fructose ratio; S/A—sugar/acid ratio; Tm—mean monthly air temperature (°C); Ppt—quantity of rainfall (mm); Alt—altitude (m); *—significance at p ≤ 0.05; **—significance at p ≤ 0.01.