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Table 7 Comparisons of annual net ecosystem productivity (NEP), gross primary productivity (GPP), ecosystem respiration (ER) and ER/GPP for maize ecosystem in different regions

From: Drivers of carbon flux in drip irrigation maize fields in northwest China

No.

Site

Latitude & longitude

Vegetation

Temperature

Precipitation

Period

NEP

GPP

ER

ER/GPP

Sources

(℃)

(mm)

(g C m−2)

(g C m−2)

(g C m−2)

(%)

1

Wuwei, China

37°52′ N, 102°50′ E

Spring maize

7.8

118

2014

630

1115

485

44

This study

112

2015

729

1705

975

57

82

2016

569

1422

853

60

98

2017

373

1069

694

65

156

2018

527

1252

725

58

2

Shouyang, China

37°45′ N, 113°12′ E

Spring maize (mulching)

  

2013–2014

579

1459

880

60

[16]

Spring maize (non− mulching)

2013–2014

518

1370

852

62

3

Nerbraska, USA

41°09′ N, 96°28′ W

Irrigated− maize

  

2001–2008

767

1796

1029

57

[39]

Rain− fed maize

664

1536

872

57

4

Wageningen, Netherlands

51°59′ N, 5°38′ E

Maize

10.5

803

2007–2008

332

1982

1652

83

[21]

5

Lamasquere, France

43°49′ N, 01°23′ E

Spring maize

12.95

620

2006

186

1286

1100

85

[8]

6

Northeast, Italy

46°00′ N, 13°01′ E

Maize

  

2007

473

1471

805

55

[1]

7

Yingke, China

38°51′ N, 100°25′ E

Spring maize

7.4

68.1

2007–2008

626

1567

941

60

[43]

8

Weishan, China

36°39′ N, 116°03′ E

Summer maize

13.3

532

2007

201

872

672

77

[26]

2008

244

880

636

72

9

luancheng, China

37°53′ N, 114°41′ E

Summer maize

12.5

480

 

143

556

413

74

[44]