Statistics of the best linear mixed-effects models fitted to basal area increment as a function of soil water balance.

Abbreviations: LD, late dry season; EW, early wet season; W, wet season; LW, late wet season; ED, early dry season; D, dry season. Note the relative probability that the selected model is the best one (Wi) and the basal area increment variance (R2) explained by the models. Bold coefficients are significant (P≤0.05). Means sharing a letter were not significantly different using paired Mann-Whitney U tests.