TABLE 3.

Climate-growth relationships of D and ND trees in the Orera and Miedes sites.

Climate variable	Site	Tree type	Month
			St–1	Ot–1	Nt–1	Dt–1	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S
Mean maximum temperature (Tx)	Orera	ND	0.02	0.03	−0.04	0.13	−0.12	−0.11	−0.22	−0.07	−0.29	−0.21	−0.13	0.02	0.03
		D	0.05	0.01	−0.06	0.13	−0.16	−0.03	−0.12	−0.03	−0.28	−0.15	−0.09	−0.06	0.06
	Miedes	ND	−0.07	−0.02	−0.02	0.06	−0.07	−0.10	−0.25	−0.04	−0.31	−0.35	−0.15	−0.07	−0.02
		D	−0.08	−0.08	−0.06	0.06	−0.11	−0.03	−0.27	−0.05	−0.31	−0.25	−0.06	0.01	0.11
Mean minimum temperature (Tn)	Orera	ND	−0.08	−0.08	0.12	0.03	0.18	0.09	0.04	0.17	−0.27	−0.20	−0.09	−0.15	0.18
		D	−0.02	−0.08	0.15	0.05	0.13	0.11	0.06	0.15	−0.27	−0.12	−0.06	−0.14	0.16
	Miedes	ND	−0.09	−0.04	0.17	0.04	0.20	0.20	0.07	0.06	−0.19	−0.33	−0.08	−0.09	−0.04
		D	−0.06	−0.11	0.12	0.04	0.12	0.19	0.10	0.11	−0.23	−0.29	−0.02	−0.12	0.17
Water balance (P-PET)	Orera	ND	−0.06	−0.02	−0.01	0.13	0.24	0.25	0.26	0.35	0.38	0.22	0.21	0.11	0.23
		D	−0.08	0.05	0.06	0.15	0.24	0.23	0.24	0.36	0.39	0.17	0.16	0.15	0.18
	Miedes	ND	0.05	−0.01	−0.01	0.14	0.15	0.26	0.31	0.25	0.45	0.32	0.17	0.15	0.20
		D	0.08	−0.01	−0.01	0.10	0.09	0.27	0.30	0.29	0.40	0.26	0.12	0.05	0.14

The values are Pearson correlation coefficients calculated by relating the mean series of ring-width indices (RWI) and monthly values of maximum and Tns with water balance. ND and D are non-declining and declining trees, respectively. Correlations were calculated from the prior (^t–1) to the current September. Significant correlation coefficients are shown as bold values.