Table 2 Carbon sink from aboveground and belowground forest biomass gains by afforestation and densification to 25%, 50%, and 75% quantiles

From: Carbon sequestration potential of tree planting in China

Forest types

Carbon sink by Afforestation (TgC)

Carbon sink by Densification (TgC)

 

To 25% quantile

To 50% quantile

To 75% quantile

To 25% quantile

To 50% quantile

To 75% quantile

Deciduous Broadleaf

97.1 ± 8.7

135.0 ± 9.0

187.6 ± 24.8

79.2 ± 7.7

170.1 ± 14.0

302.6 ± 26.8

(53.8 ± 28.7)

(70.5 ± 30.3)

(91.5 ± 35.3)

(63.7 ± 3.1)

(110.0 ± 4.3)

(157.3 ± 7.4)

Deciduous Needleleaf

3.4 ± 0.1

4.8 ± 0.2

8.3 ± 0.3

4.1 ± 0.4

8.7 ± 1.6

19.2 ± 5.7

(1.4 ± 0.5)

(1.9 ± 0.6)

(3.1 ± 1.0)

(1.3 ± 0.1)

(2.7 ± 0.3)

(5.7 ± 1.0)

Evergreen Broadleaf

351.8 ± 21.2

564.5 ± 41.9

805.0 ± 47.1

468.6 ± 35.4

1 337.2 ± 136.8

2 869.2 ± 228.3

(138.8 ± 16.0)

(184.1 ± 16.4)

(224.6 ± 16.9)

(192.1 ± 9.0)

(426.3 ± 18.7)

(734.9 ± 30.5)

Evergreen Needleleaf

438.6 ± 28.5

627.4 ± 31.7

866.0 ± 38.0

159.5 ± 12.1

266.8 ± 16.9

413.7 ± 25.6

(139.9 ± 56.5)

(194.0 ± 65.3)

(257.7 ± 72.4)

(57.1 ± 2.5)

(92.8 ± 3.0)

(131.8 ± 4.1)

Total

891.0 ± 58.4

1 311.8 ± 82.8

1 866.9 ± 110.1

711.4 ± 55.7

1 782.7 ± 169.4

3 604.6 ± 286.4

(333.8 ± 101.6)

(450.4 ± 112.7)

(576.8 ± 125.7)

(314.1 ± 14.7)

(631.8 ± 26.3)

(1 029.8 ± 43.0)

  1. The existing biomass carbon stock is 10000.9 TgC.
  2. Note: 1. Numbers in the parentheses represent the belowground biomass. 2. “±”means uncertainties (see “Methods”)