Table 1.

Period (days) width of xylem (μm) Climate Pearson correlation (r)
X1Y1 X1Y2 X2Y1 X2Y2 X3Y1 X3Y2
X1 X2 X3 Y1 Y2 r p-value r p-value r p-value r p-value r p-value r p-value
A (30) 212.05 248.71 218.32 159 28.8 -0.666* 0.018 -0.053 0.869 -0.650* 0.022 -0.024 0.942 -0.661* 0.019 -0.030 0.926
B (60) 470.33 601.04 502.34 158 28.5
C (90) 1,131.33 1,057.00 1,152.32 100.71 28.3
D (120) 1,185.08 1,077.72 1,232.15 122.9 28.2
E (150) 1,974.54 1,326.43 1,633.43 97.8 27.8
F (180) 2,809.89 2,901.55 2,700.56 74.4 27.7
G (210) 3,045.67 3,005.18 3,021.34 166.8 26.8
H (240) 3,182.65 3,191.71 3,188.22 21.7 27.3
I (270) 3,226.47 3,212.44 3,204.45 115.2 27.2
J (300) 3,252.78 3,270.98 3,318.23 69.1 29.2
K (330) 3,572.95 3,564.77 3,498.34 60.1 29.3
L (360) 4,106.2 4,124.35 4,150.11 48.9 29.2
Total number 28,169.94 27,581.88 27,819.81 1,194.61 338.3
Average 2,347.50 2,298.49 2,318.32 99.55 28.19
SD 1,301.71 4,124.35 1,301.96 46.72 0.84
XI: tree 1; X2: tree 2; X3: tree 3 (tree spacing or planting distance of 3 m x 3 m); Yl: rainfall (mm); Y2: temperature (°C); width of xylem (XI, X2, and X3 > 2 cm per year).
Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level.