Impact of Climate Change on Temperate and Alpine Grasslands in China during 1982–2006

Table 1

Correlation coefficients () and two-tailed significance test values () between growing season NDVI and precipitation or temperature for different grassland types.

Vegetation type	Precipitation
	Temperate meadow	−0.057	0.788	−0.041	0.848	−0.066	0.753	0.139	0.507
Temperate steppe	0.565	0.003	0.120	0.569	−0.051	0.800	0.287	0.164
Temperate desert steppe	0.661	0.001	−0.157	0.788	−0.082	0.698	0.066	0.756
Alpine meadow	0.002	0.993	0.528	0.007	0.489	0.013	0.512	0.009
Alpine steppe	−0.218	0.057	−0.040	0.851	0.173	0.504	−0.140	0.728

Significant at and levels.