Research Article

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

Table 6

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

LOS and temperatureLOS and precipitation
IIIIIIIVIIIIIIIV

Spring−0.260.58*0.64*0.31 0.09 −0.34 0.00 0.35
Summer0.50*0.05 −0.16 −0.49 −0.24 0.11 −0.49 −0.16
Autumn0.17 −0.46 −0.56 −0.22 −0.38 0.04 0.23 −0.40
Annual average0.10 0.21 0.03 0.74*−0.29 0.00 −0.19 −0.47*

Note. Trends are significant with 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.