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Variable | Rain-fall (mm) | Temperature (°C) | Vapor pressure (hPa) | NDVI, 8 km resolution § | NDVI, 1 km resolution § | Other |
Annual mean (total for rainfall) | 1.0085 (27.6)** | 4.22 (13.6)*** | 1.094 (12.8)*** | 1.091 (28.9)* | 1.07 (31.3) n.s. | Â |
Annual maximum (highest monthly value) | 1.045 (20.8)*** | 3.034 (23.3)*** | 1.067 (11.7)*** | 1.090 (25.7)*** | 10.4 (32.2) n.s. | Â |
Annual minimum (lowest monthly value) | Â | 3.29 (13.9)*** | 1.11 (17.1)*** | 1.1048 (29.8)* | 1.06 (32.7) n.s. | Â |
Annual range (highest minus lowest month) | Â | 0.52 (27.1)** | 1.12 (15.8)*** | 1.14 (30.8)* | 1.03 (32.7) n.s. | Â |
Standard deviation (Appendix) | 1.03 (21.9)*** | 0.54 (25.0)*** | 0.54 (14.7)** | 1.073 (26.6)*** | 1.03 (32.8) n.s. | Â |
Proportional standard deviation (Appendix)‡ | 61.8 (13.0)*** | -214 (17.3)*** | 0.004 (33.4) n.s. | 0.1 (26.8)*** | 43.3 (32.9) n.s. |  |
Summer mean (total for rainfall) Dec–Mar | 1.012 (22.9)*** | 2.59 (27.1)*** | 1.065 (11.6)*** | 1.078 (28.9)* |  |  |
Winter mean (total for rainfall) Apr–Oct | 0.88 (14.8)*** | 3.22 (12.0)*** | 1.11 (16.0)*** | 1.097 (28.6)** |  |  |
Concentration (see Appendix) | 1.39 (13.3)*** | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Number of months >80 mm (>60 & >40 mm n.s.) | 1.81 (26.6)** | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Number of months >16°C |  | 2.72 (18.9)*** |  |  |  |  |
Number of months >165 (other cut-offs were n.s.) | Â | Â | Â | 1.13 (31.5) n.s. | Â | Â |
Total in months with more than 80 mm | 1.0059 (24.0)*** | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Total degree months above 16°C |  | 1.050 (15.7)*** |  |  |  |  |
Effective temperature (Appendix) | Â | 21.8 (12.6)*** | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mean daily minimum of coldest month | Â | 2.29 (21.4)*** | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Elevation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.997 (29.7)** |
Log distance to perennial water (m) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.56 (21.6)*** |
Log distance to perennial/non-perennial water (m) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.72 (30.5)** |
Land cover (binary; moist versus dry areas) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 4.76 (25.5)*** |
Month of survey (binary; peak season April/May versus rest of year) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 8.67 (29.4)*** |