Black pine (Pinus nigra Arn.) growth divergence along a latitudinal gradient in Western Mediterranean mountains

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Table I

Summary information of the tree-ring width chronologies from all regions and sub-regions. Information refers to raw ring width before detrending.

Region	Sub-region	Cores	Period	Total length	Length	Mean length	Mean growth
			samples > 4^a	(years)	samples > 4^a	(min–max)	(mm·y⁻¹)	SD	MS	AC(1)
					(years)
SCA	Caz	118	1833–2005	172	172	120 (60–201)	1.662	0.985	0.289	0.747
SCA	Sil	55	1919–2005	86	86	90 (71–100)	1.661	1.033	0.263	0.775

CUE	Pal	141	1891–2006	158	115	94 (62–119)	1.192	0.722	0.302	0.733
CUE	Ser	86	1919–2006	87	87	75 (57–93)	1.648	1.142	0.289	0.783

TER		53	1833–2006	173	173	152 (93–196)	0.846	0.544	0.385	0.701

TRT		86	1848–2006	158	158	104 (53–168)	1.275	0.784	0.278	0.736

Samples > 4 refers to information for the period when four or more trees are available. MS, mean sensitivity; SD, standard deviation; AC(1), first order autocorrelation coefficient.