Climate forcing of tree growth in dry Afromontane forest fragments of Northern Ethiopia: evidence from multi-species responses

Forest Ecosystems

Table 3 Pearson correlation coefficients for the relations between the ring width indices and total rainfall during distinct periods in a year with significant levels indicated (ns, non-significant; , 0.01 < p < 0.05; , 0.001 < p < 0.01; , p < 0.001)

Site	Species	Correlations during distinct periods in a year
Site	Species	Annual	Beginning of wet season	Middle of wet season	End of wet season	Entire wet season (JJAS)
Hugumburda	J. procera	0.59***	0.07 ^ns	0.55***	0.14 ^ns	0.56***
	O. europaea	0.34*	–0.19 ^ns	0.44**	0.32 ^ns	0.43**
	P. falcatus	0.52***	–0.04 ^ns	0.51**	0.02 ^ns	0.46**
Desa’a	J. procera	0.22 ^ns	0.17 ^ns	0.31 ^ns	0.15 ^ns	0.36*
Desa’a	O. europaea	0.35*	0.04 ^ns	0.29 ^ns	0.02 ^ns	0.29 ^ns