Table 6 The comparison of estimation results of forest carbon storage changes from different sources.

From: Estimating changes of forest carbon storage in China for 70 years (1949–2018)

Period

Fang et al.30

Zhou et al.38

Zhang et al.40

This study

1949

5.06

/

4.38

5.89

1950–1962

4.58

/

3.98

5.38

1973–1976

4.44

3.0

3.79

4.91

1977–1981

4.38

3.2

3.69

4.90

1984–1988

4.45

3.3

3.71

5.01

1989–1993

4.63

3.6

4.08

5.28

1994–1998

4.75

4.1

4.56

5.57

1999–2003

/

4.9

5.43

6.08

2004–2008

/

5.3

6.10

6.73

2009–2013

/

5.9

6.81

7.52

2014–2018

/

/

7.97

8.69