Semideciduous Seasonal Forest Production of Leaves and Deciduousness in Function of the Water Balance, LAI, and NDVI

Table 4

Pearson correlation, (^nsnonsignificant at 0.05 of probability, 𝑛=85). Correlation of the LAI and the NDVI estimated data for the leaf collection dates using the polynomial equations adjusted to the LAI and the NDVI per fragment. Fragment 3 was removed from this analysis because of a different tendency in relation to the other fragments.

	Dry leaf weight; (g·m^−2/period^−1)	LAI; (m^2·m^−2)	(𝑟−nir)/(𝑟+nir)	Water deficiency; (mm)	Water excess; (mm)	Precipitation
	psflh	LAI	NDVI	DEF	EXC	ppt (mm)
LAI	−0.50
NDVI	−0.78	0.36
DEF	−0.81	0.65	0.52
EXC	−0.32	0.17^n.s.	0.38	0.43
Ppt	−0.42	0.21^n.s.	0.50	0.52	0.96
ETR	−0.75	0.61	0.59	0.85	0.21^n.s.	0.38