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Table 1 Descriptive parameters of residual chronologies of A. faxoniana at the treeline ecotones on the northwestern (NW) and southeastern (SE) aspects of the Min Mountains in the Wanglang National Nature Reserve

From: Treeline dynamics in response to climate change in the Min Mountains, southwestern China

Plot code

NW

SE

Chronology length

1715-2009

1803-2009

Number of cores/trees

73/38

59/41

Mean ring width (mm)

0.991

1.001

Mean sensitivity (MS)

0.139

0.110

Standard deviation (SD)

0.124

0.096

Autocorrelation order 1 (AC1)

0.004

0.002

Common interval time span

1873–2009

1926-2009

Number of cores/trees

67/37

47/33

Mean interseries correlation

0.562

0.556

Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)

18.658

13.719

Express population signal (EPS)

0.949

0.932