Table 3 Bootstrapped correlations between temperature variables and BAI chronologies for dominant (D), codominant (C), and overtopped (O) trees under control (CO), light thinning (LT), and heavy thinning (HT) treatments, for the periods 1970–1987 and 1989–2006

Aspect

Treatment

Crown Class

October(-1)-January

March–April

June

July(-1)-August(-1)

March–April

May–September

Windward

CO

D

0.590**

0.012

0.594**

0.032

0.689***

0.250

C

0.568**

0.026

0.626***

0.114

0.602***

0.296

O

0.501*

0.080

0.569***

−0.066

0.584*

−0.068

LT

D

0.599**

0.035

0.385

−0.190

0.477***

−0.126

C

0.589**

0.116

0.402

−0.135

0.438*

−0.127

O

0.615**

0.179

0.429

−0.042

0.201

−0.107

HT

D

0.488*

0.172

0.488*

−0.447**

0.257

−0.346

C

0.384

0.039

0.407

−0.413*

0.335

−0.376

Leeward

CO

D

−0.251

−0.548**

−0.315

−0.384

−0.256

−0.512*

C

−0.294

−0.542**

−0.257

−0.380

−0.369

−0.499*

O

−0.297

−0.458*

−0.123

−0.568**

−0.176

−0.635***

LT

D

−0.187

−0.547**

−0.261

−0.397*

−0.317

−0.532*

C

−0.222

−0.545**

−0.269

−0.557**

−0.007

−0.412

O

−0.290

−0.498**

−0.416*

−0.450*

−0.173

−0.306

HT

D

−0.213

−0.541**

−0.302

−0.502*

−0.351

−0.617***

C

−0.283

−0.485*

−0.289

−0.541**

−0.360

−0.636**