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Table 2 Optimal climate windows (window width with the maximum correlation), window lengths in days, Pearson correlation coefficients, and associated probability levels (P) calculated between the ring-width indices (RWI) and climate variables

From: Competition overrides climate as trigger of growth decline in a mixed Fagaceae Mediterranean rear-edge forest

Species

Variable

Climate window

Days

Correlation

P value

F. sylvatica

Temperature

September 29–October 28

30

− 0.338

0.019

F. sylvatica

Precipitation

April 04–May 05

32

0.327

0.023

Q. petraea

Temperature

June 11–July 17

37

− 0.365

0.011

Q. petraea

Precipitation

April 04–September 16

166

0.453

0.001

Q. pyrenaica

Temperature

March 17–April 15

30

− 0.355

0.013

Q. pyrenaica

Precipitation

May 13–September 11

122

0.408

0.004

  1. Temperature and precipitation variables are the averaged and total values of the grouped days, respectively