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

Table 2

Correlation coefficients () and two-tailed significance test values () between seasonal mean NDVI and precipitation or temperature in the same season for different grassland types.

	Temperate meadow		Temperate steppe		Temperate desert steppe		Alpine meadow		Alpine steppe
Spring
Precipitation	−0.143	0.495	0.500	0.011	0.522	0.007	−0.231	0.267	−0.450	0.024
	0.330	0.107	0.435	0.030	0.261	0.208	0.406	0.041	0.356	0.080
	0.262	0.206	0.314	0.127	0.189	0.366	0.343	0.094	0.360	0.077
	0.337	0.099	0.595	0.002	0.397	0.049	0.369	0.070	−0.221	0.564
Summer
Precipitation	0.015	0.944	0.430	0.016	0.529	0.007	−0.342	0.095	0.132	0.265
	−0.081	0.699	−0.072	0.733	−0.200	0.337	0.485	0.014	0.315	0.125
	−0.134	0.524	−0.162	0.438	−0.243	0.242	0.240	0.249	0.063	0.764
	0.215	0.943	0.440	0.104	0.174	0.725	0.583	0.002	0.488	0.013
Autumn
Precipitation	−0.346	0.091	−0.199	0.339	0.085	0.687	0.363	0.075	−0.311	0.091
	0.163	0.435	0.302	0.142	−0.021	0.919	0.563	0.001	0.417	0.038
	0.198	0.344	0.393	0.052	−0.010	0.962	0.514	0.009	0.471	0.017
	0.045	0.833	0.221	0.289	−0.039	0.851	0.438	0.161	−0.196	0.647

Significant at and levels.