Table 1 Characteristics of the natural environmental conditions and the sample plots in the study region
From: Similar carbon density of natural and planted forests in the Lüliang Mountains, China
Sub-region | Elevation (m) | Temperature (°C) | Precipitation (mm) | Number of sample plots | Area of all sample plots (ha) | Total area (104 ha) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Range | Mean | Range | Mean | Range | Forest-present | Forest-absent | ||||
NFs | PFs | ||||||||||
West | 1233 | 320–2030 | 7.7 | 2.95–13.43 | 428 | 330–464 | 106 | 407 | 1515 | 135.2 | 316 |
Central | 1609 | 831–2560 | 5.5 | 0.41–11.40 | 435 | 372–463 | 516 | 110 | 515 | 76.1 | 182 |
East | 1082 | 420–1600 | 8.5 | 3.54–12.69 | 430 | 354–463 | 95 | 98 | 406 | 39.9 | 99 |
Entire region | 1388 | 320–2560 | 6.8 | 0.41–13.43 | 432 | 330–464 | 717 | 615 | 2436 | 251.2 | 597 |