Research Article

The Effects of Climate Change on Variability of the Growing Seasons in the Elbe River Lowland, Czech Republic

Table 3

Observed long-term changes (days per year) in growing season parameters over the Elbe River lowland.

StartEndLengthStartEndLengthStartEndLength

1961–1970+0.91−0.07−0.98*+0.95−0.27−1.22**+0.49−0.63−1.12*
1971–1980+0.80+0.19−0.61*+0.90+0.01−0.89*−0.06−0.33−0.27*
1981–1990−0.38+0.11+0.49**−0.41+0.40+0.81*−0.09+0.30+0.39*
1991–2000−0.76+0.01+0.77*−0.82+0.05+0.87*−0.10+0.36+0.46*
2001–2010−0.54+0.67+1.21**−0.56+0.06+0.62*−0.01+0.56+0.57*
1961–2011 −0.21 +0.09 +0.30***−0.15 +0.07 +0.22***−0.02 +0.08 0.10**

Marginally significant (0.01 < ≤ 0.05); **significant (0.001 < ≤ 0.01); ***highly significant ( ≤ 0.001).