Table 1 Comparison with previous studies for Nr emissions from livestock in China.

From: High-resolution inventories for Reactive Nitrogen Emissions from China’s livestock during 2005–2022

Species

Livestock Emissions (Tg N)

Time

References

NH3

5.3–5.8

2005–2019

CEDS88

3.5–4.3

2005–2022

EDGARv8.1

4.6–4.9

2005–2015

REAS87

4.0–5.0

2005–2017

Liu et al.43

5.7–6.7

2005–2015

Zhang et al.44

4.0–5.1

2005–2012

Kang et al.42

3.7–4.1

2013–2018

Liao et al.45

4.5

2016

Li et al.92

4.1

2017

Wang et al.100

5.2

2016

Fu et al.61

4.9–5.5

2005–2022

This study

NOx

0.075–0.081

2005–2019

CEDS89

0.078–0.091

2005–2022

EDGARv8.1

0.252

2012

Huang and Li101

0.411

2004

Tie et al.94

0.196

1999

Wang et al.95

0.142

2001

Yan et al.96

0.072

1995

Yan et al.90

0.183–0.213

2005–2022

This study

N2O

0.312–0.329

2005–2019

CEDS89

0.211–0.246

2005–2022

EDGAR 2024 GHG

0.347–0.391

2005–2008

Hu and Wang55

0.260–0.292

2005–2022

FAOSTAT

0.387

2008

Zhou et al.54

0.169

2008

Ying et al.97

0.228

1995

Yan et al.90

0.200

1990

Wang et al.51

0.148

1995

Xing and Yan52

0.266–0313

2005–2022

This study

  1. *Emissions from CEDS89, EDGARv8.193, REAS87, Liu et al.43, Zhang et al.44, Kang et al.42, EDGAR 2024 GHG, Hu and Wang55, and FAOSTAT (https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT) cover larger time periods, but this paper focuses on comparisons for 2005–2022.