Forest biomass turnover time estimation in China based on spatially explicit root:shoot ratios

The repository contains: 1.Dataset of stand-level/plot-level root:shoot ratios (R:S) for China, compiled from field measurements; 2.Dataset with plot coordinates, stand age, R:S, data source, and a reference for each individual data record; 3.Spreadsheet of dataset sources of 1,907 R:S field data measurements; 4.Spreadsheet of references from Luo et al (2014), listing 396 published references cited by Luo et al. (2014); 5.Spreadsheet of references from Wang et al (2014), listing 55 published references cited by Wang et al. (2014).