Table 3. Above–ground biomass (AGB), below–ground biomass (BGB) and root to shoot ratio (RS) for forests, grasslands and shrublands from different studies.
| Vegetation category | AGB (Mg ha−1) | BGB (Mg ha−1) | RS | Reference |
| Forest | ||||
| China’s forests | 76.7 | 17.0 | 0.23 | This study |
| China’s forests | – | – | 0.23 | Luo et al. (2012) |
| Global forests | 81.0 | 22.5 | 0.25 | Mokany et al. (2006) |
| Grassland | ||||
| China grasslands | 1.0 | 5.2 | 6.0 | This study |
| China grasslands | 1.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | Yang et al. (2009) |
| Global grasslands | 3.5 | 12.7 | 3.3 | Mokany et al. (2006) |
| Global grasslands | 3.8 | 14.0 | 3.7 | Jackson et al. (1996) |
| Shrubland | ||||
| China’s shrublands | 10.6 | 9.7 | 0.73 | This study |
| Global shrublands | 16.6 | 14.0 | 1.84 | Mokany et al. (2006) |
Arithmetic mean or median values are presented to compare with other studies.