Inventory of China’s Net Biome Productivity since the 21st Century
2022
Chaochao Du | Xiaoyong Bai | Yangbing Li | Qiu Tan | Cuiwei Zhao | Guangjie Luo | Luhua Wu | Fei Chen | Chaojun Li | Chen Ran | Xuling Luo | Huipeng Xi | Huan Chen | Sirui Zhang | Min Liu | Suhua Gong | Lian Xiong | Fengjiao Song | Biqin Xiao
Net biome productivity (NBP), which takes into account abiotic respiration and metabolic processes such as fire, pests, and harvesting of agricultural and forestry products, may be more scientific than net ecosystem productivity (NEP) in measuring ecosystem carbon sink levels. As one of the largest countries in global carbon emissions, in China, however, the spatial pattern and evolution of its NBP are still unclear. To this end, we estimated the magnitude of NBP in 31 Chinese provinces (except Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan) from 2000 to 2018, and clarified its temporal and spatial evolution. The results show that: (1) the total amount of NBP in China was about 0.21 Pg C/yr<sup>1</sup>. Among them, Yunnan Province had the highest NBP (0.09 Pg C/yr<sup>1</sup>), accounting for about 43% of China’s total. (2) NBP increased from a rate of 0.19 Tg C/yr<sup>1</sup> during the study period. (3) At present, NBP in China’s terrestrial ecosystems is mainly distributed in southwest and south China, while northwest and central China are weak carbon sinks or carbon sources. (4) The relative contribution rates of carbon emission fluxes due to emissions from anthropogenic disturbances (harvest of agricultural and forestry products) and natural disturbances (fires, pests, etc.) were 70% and 9.87%, respectively. This study emphasizes the importance of using NBP to re-estimate the net carbon sink of China’s terrestrial ecosystem, which is beneficial to providing data support for the realization of China’s carbon neutrality goal and global carbon cycle research.
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