**Appendix**

**Table A1.** Linear regression results of the long-term relationship between di fferent sets of variable employed in the path analysis, AD1347–1760 (n = 414).


 *p* 



Significance level: \*\*\* *p* < 0.001.


**Table A3.** Linear regression results of the long-term relationship between different sets of variable used in path analysis during the warm periods of AD1347–1760 (n = 95).

Significance level: \*\*\* *p* < 0.001.

**Table A4.** Linear regression results of the long-term relationship between different sets of variable used in path analysis during the wet periods of AD1347–1760 (n = 217).


Significance level: \*\*\* *p* < 0.001.

**Table A5.** Linear regression results of the long-term relationship between different sets of variable used in path analysis during the dry periods of AD1347–1760 (n = 197).


Significance level: \*\*\* *p* < 0.001; \*\* *p* < 0.01.
