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Table 3 Pearson correlation coefficients between provenance trait values and geographic and climatic variables (values indicated by superscript a are significant at p < 0.01); values indicated by superscript b are significant at p < 0.05)

From: Provenance variation and seed sourcing for sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) in France

 

aCIR10_20

DEB3

HT20

SURV10

SHP20

WSc

RSd

WS

RS

WS

RS

WS

RS

WS

RS

Geographic coordinates

 LONG

Longitude

−0.22

−0.27a

0.16

0.11

−0.39a

−0.30a

−0.16

−0.05

0.37b

−0.07

 LAT

Latitude

−0.36a

−0.35a

−0.51a

−0.50a

−0.10

−0.13

0.29a

0.24b

0.28a

0.14

 ALT

Altitude

−0.05

−0.09

0.37a

0.35a

−0.12

−0.09

−0.23b

−0.20

−0.21b

−0.10

Temperature and heat related variables

 MAT

Mean annual temperature

0.35a

0.43a

0.16

0.16

0.15

0.24

−0.05

−0.03

−0.12

−0.05

 SPRMT

Mean spring temperature

0.42a

0.44a

0.26a

0.23b

0.22b

0.26b

−0.09

−0.05

−0.16

−0.10

 DD5

Year degree days >5°C

0.36a

0.40a

0.30a

0.27a

0.07

0.15

−0.13

−0.05

−0.29a

−0.13

 GSDD5

Growing season degree days >5°C

0.35a

0.36a

0.36a

0.31a

0.05

0.13

−0.15

−0.05

−0.36a

−0.18

 MDR

Mean diurnal temperature rangee

0.43a

0.32a

0.53a

0.48a

0.10

0.03

−0.38a

−0.32a

−0.29a

−0.18

 ISO

Isothermalityf

0.29a

0.43a

0.01

0.09

0.25a

0.27a

−0.05

−0.15

0.18

0.06

 SEA

Temperature seasonalityg

−0.03

−0.26b

0.29a

0.19

−0.19b

−0.27a

−0.16

−0.01

−0.35a

−0.18

Precipitation and moisture related traits

 MAP

Annual precipitation

−0.28a

0.02

−0.14

0.10

−0.17

−0.02

0.08

−0.13

0.08

−0.05

 GSP

Growing season precipitation

−0.33a

0.18

0.00

0.11

−0.28a

−0.16

0.02

−0.05

−0.20b

−−0.18

 SPRP

Spring precipitation

−0.15

−0.03

0.21b

0.28a

−0.24b

−0.11

−0.10

−0.12

−0.29a

−0.17

 SMRP

Summer precipitation

−0.42a

−0.29a

−0.22b

0.09

−0.26a

−0.18

0.14

0.04

−0.05

−0.15

 PRATIO

GSP/MAP

−0.10

−0.27a

0.11

0.01

−0.18

−0.21b

−0.02

0.12

−0.32a

−0.16

 PSEA

Precipitation seasonalityh

−0.46a

−0.32a

−0.05

0.05

−0.54a

−0.40a

−0.01

−0.03

−0.23b

−0.10

Balance between heat and moisture

 AHM

Annual heat moisture indexi

0.33a

0.17

0.13

−0.03

0.18

0.11

−0.04

0.11

−0.11

−0.01

 ADI

Annual dryness indexj

0.32a

0.15

0.19

0.04

0.13

0.07

−0.06

0.10

−0.18

−0.04

 GSDI

Growing season dryness indexk

0.42a

0.29a

0.15

0.04

0.27a

0.19

−0.09

−0.00

0.03

0.08

  1. cWhole sample of provenances
  2. dRestricted sample (Provenances from Georgia and Ireland omitted)
  3. eMean of monthly (maximum temperature−minimum temperature)
  4. fMean diurnal range/ annual temperature range (in %)
  5. gStandard deviation of monthly temperatures (x100)
  6. hCoefficient of variation of monthly precipitations
  7. i(MAT+10)/(MAP/1000)
  8. jSqrt(DD5)/MAP
  9. kSqrt(GSDD5)/GSP