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Table 4 Forest net primary productivity (NPP) and its trends in China in recent decades according to previous studies

From: Variation of net primary productivity and its drivers in China’s forests during 2000–2018

Mean NPP

(gC·m−2·year−1)

NPP trend

(gC·m−2·year−1)

Period

(year)

Method

Cites

567

1989–1993

Scaling up method

Ni 2003

606.3

1989–1993

Scaling up method

Ni 2003

627

Increase

1984–1998

Geographically weighted regression model

Wang et al. 2008

843

1990s

Spatial statistical approaches

Zhuang et al. 2009

> 500

Increase

1981–2000

Sheffield dynamic global vegetation model

Mao et al. 2010

420.1

Increase

1973–2008

Relationship between biomass and NPP

Yu et al. 2014

840.2

Increase

2000–2018

Statistics-based multiple regression model

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