Table 1. The scaling relationship between photosynthetic biomass, M _p, and the body mass, M, for trees, desert shrubs and herbaceous plants.

Plant type	n	Slope, β±SE	IT	95% CI	r 2
Trees/Forest
Boreal/temperate Larix forest	48	0.97±0.017	−1.35	0.93, 1.00	0.986
Boreal/alpine Picea abies forest	168	0.61±0.023	0.81	0.53, 0.67	0.761
Boreal Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica forest	10	0.65±0.040	0.44	0.56, 0.69	0.970
Temperate Pinus tabulaeformis forest	154	0.87±0.023	−0.45	0.82, 0.93	0.897
Temperate mixed coniferous-broadleaved forest	22	0.57±0.037	0.88	0.51, 0.59	0.915
Temperate typical deciduous broadleaved forest	165	1.06±0.041	−1.51	0.94, 1.20	0.758
Temperate/subtropical montane Populus-Betula deciduous forest	127	0.99±0.026	−1.39	0.93, 1.05	0.911
Desert riverside woodland	9	0.82±0.14	−0.84	0.66, 0.90	0.791
Subtropical mixed evergreen-deciduous broadleaved forest	22	0.89±0.079	−0.81	0.79, 1.22	0.841
Subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest	238	0.94±0.015	−1.08	0.92, 0.96	0.940
Sclerophyllous evergreen Quercus forest	9	0.87±0.049	−0.76	0.81, 0.93	0.977
Tropical rainforest and monsoon forest	13	0.96±0.13	−1.14	0.35, 1.12	0.793
Subtropical montane Pinus yunnanensis and P. khasya forest	46	0.93±0.02	−0.88	0.89, 0.96	0.980
Subtropical Pinus massoniana forest	66	0.92±0.052	−0.84	0.83, 1.02	0.798
Subtropical montane Pinus armandii, P. taiwanensis and P. densada	55	0.77±0.034	−0.013	0.71, 0.85	0.899
Subtropical Cunninghamia lanceolata forest	98	0.81±0.065	−0.21	0.65, 0.97	0.382
Subtropical montane Cupressus and Sabina forest	16	0.55±0.084	1.14	0.43, 0.67	0.677
Shrubs
Desert shrubs	148	0.92±0.047	−0.71	0.84, 1.00	0.618
Herbages
Spring wheat 2002	15	0.61±0.075	−0.70	0.48, 0.70	0.803
Spring wheat 2003	10	0.47±0.096	−1.02	0.36, 0.69	0.662
Spring wheat 2004	23	0.65±0.097	−0.75	0.50, 0.72	0.528

SE is the standard error, and CI is the confidence interval of the slope.