Change and relationship between growing season metrics and net primary productivity in forestland and grassland in China

Table 3 The correlation coefficient between NPP and SOS, EOS and LOS in different land cover types and different regions in China from 1981 to 2016

Land cover types or regions		SOS	EOS	LOS
Land cover types	Forestland and Grassland	− 0.790**	0.781**	0.814**
	Forestland	− 0.622**	0.494*	0.656**
	Grassland	− 0.714***	0.691***	0.721***
Regions	Northwest China	− 0.758***	0.804***	0.795***
	North China	− 0.737***	0.647***	0.725***
	Northeast China	− 0.181	0.199	0.236
	Southwest China	− 0.811***	0.802***	0.813***
	Mid-lower Yangtze River valley	− 0.414**	0.460**	0.457**
	South China	− 0.303	0.152	0.342*

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