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Updated estimation of forest biomass carbon pools in China, 1977–2018
Chen Yang
Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and
Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education,
Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Yue Shi
State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute
of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Wenjuan Sun
State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute
of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Jiangling Zhu
Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and
Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education,
Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Chengjun Ji
Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and
Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education,
Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Yuhao Feng
Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and
Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education,
Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and
Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education,
Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
Zhaodi Guo
National Satellite Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Jingyun Fang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and
Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education,
Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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Short summary
Quantifying China's forest biomass C pool is important in understanding C cycling in forests. However, most of studies on forest biomass C pool were limited to the period of 2004–2008. Here, we used a biomass expansion factor method to estimate C pool from 1977 to 2018. The results suggest that afforestation practices, forest growth, and environmental changes were the main drivers of increased C sink. Thus, this study provided an essential basis for achieving China's C neutrality target.
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