Organic carbon distribution and budget of dominant woody plant community in the subalpine zone at volcanic Jeju Island, Korea

Table 5 Comparison of NEP (t C ha⁻¹ year⁻¹) at the subalpine zone according to altitude, year, and community type

Regions	Latitude	Elevation	Community	Year	NEP	Reference
Korea			AK	2014	− 1.08	This study
		1660		2015	0.11	This study
			TC	2012	− 1.74	Jang 2017
	33° 21	1648		2014	− 1.3	This study
				2015	− 0.98	This study
			JC	2014	− 1.37	This study
		1651		2015	− 1.25	This study
USA	41° 22	3186	PE + AL	1996	1.95	Zeller and Nikolov 2000
				1999	0.81
				2000	0.58
	40° 1′	3050	AL	2001	0.68	Monson et al. 2005
				2002	0.14
				2003	0.61
Switzerland	46° 48	1639	PA	1997–2011	0.54–3.36	Zielis et al. 2014
Italy				2009	0.67
	45° 50	2160	GL	2010	0.58	Galvagno et al. 2013
				2011	1.21
	41° 52	1720	M,C	1998	4.5
	46° 18	1560	BD	1996	6.6	Valentini et al. 2000
	46° 18	1560	BD	1993	4.7
China	37° 29	3250	GL	2002	0.79	Kato et al. 2004
		1350	BP	1994	0.95
	39° 58	1150	QL	1994	− 0.29	Fang et al. 2007
		1050	PT	1994	4.08

AK Abies koreana, TC Taxus cuspidata, JC Juniperus chinensis var. sargentii, PE Picea engelmanni, BD broad-leaved deciduous, BP Betula platyphylla, QL Quercus liaotungensis, PT Pinus tabulaeformis, AL A. lasiocarpa, PA Peicea abies, GL grassland

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