Table 3.

Loss of carbon density for vegetation and soils when forestland, shrubs and grassland were converted to farmland in the respective regions of China.

Region	Loss of carbon density for vegetation (t C·ha-1)			Loss of carbon density for soils (t C·ha-1)			References
	Forestland	Shrubs	Grassland	Forestland	Shrubs	Grassland
Northwest	45.05	6.53	2.73	76.77	15.50	0.53	[[48], [49], [50], [51], [52], [53], [54], [55], [56], [57], [58]]
Southwest	52.87	13.47	3.98	41.13	0	0
Northeast	43.83	6.24	4.95	49.77	0	0
North	24.34	6.23	3.77	27.95	4.06	10.04
Central south and east	25.79	12.51	3.61	34.95	0	4.92