Forest Phenology Dynamics and Its Responses to Meteorological Variations in Northeast China

Table 5

The correlation coefficients between climate and forest phenology (EOS), 2000–2009.

	EOS and temperature				EOS and precipitation
	I	II	III	IV	I	II	III	IV
Summer	0.38	0.47	0.18	0.09	0.00	−0.57	0.30	0.09
Autumn	0.71**	0.49	0.35	0.79**	−0.24	−0.56	−0.22	−0.45
July	0.14	0.32	0.00	−0.28	−0.08	−0.08	−0.32	0.28
August	0.58	0.73*	0.53	0.09	−0.08	−0.66*	0.36	−0.33
September	0.09	0.64*	0.00	0.29	−0.27	−0.53	−0.05	0.06
October	0.34	0.14	0.54*	0.70*	−0.14	0.00	−0.05	−0.48
November	0.68*	0.40	0.22	0.72*	−0.04	−0.57	−0.47	0.23

Note. Trends are significant with ^∗∗P < 0.01, ^∗P < 0.05.
I: cool-temperate needleleaf forest region; II: temperate steppe region; III: temperate needleleaf and broadleaf mixed forest region; IV: warm-temperate deciduous broadleaf forest region.