Auxiliary material for Paper 2010GB003838 China’s terrestrial carbon balance: Contributions from multiple global change factors Hanqin Tian Ecosystem Dynamics and Global Ecology Laboratory, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA Jerry Melillo The Ecosystem Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA Chaoqun Lu Ecosystem Dynamics and Global Ecology Laboratory, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA David Kicklighter The Ecosystem Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA Mingliang Liu, Wei Ren, Xiaofeng Xu, and Guangsheng Chen Ecosystem Dynamics and Global Ecology Laboratory, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA Chi Zhang Ecosystem Dynamics and Global Ecology Laboratory, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA Shufen Pan Ecosystem Dynamics and Global Ecology Laboratory, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA Jiyuan Liu Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Steven Running 5College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA Complete citation: Tian, H., J. Melillo, C. Lü, D. Kicklighter, M. Liu, W. Ren, X. Xu, G. Chen, C. Zhang, S. Pan, J. Liu, and S. Running (2011), China’s terrestrial carbon balance: Contributions from multiple global change factors, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 25, XXXXXX, doi:10.1029/2010GB003838. Introduction This file includes development of input data, simulation of land use- and fire-related effects on terrestrial carbon balance, additional model validation, relative importance of environmental factors on regional carbon balances, model intercomparisons, relative importance of interactions among environmental factors on carbon balance, references, Table S1, and Figures S1 to S12. 2010gb003838-txts01.doc Development of input data, simulation of land use- and fire-related effects on terrestrial carbon balance, additional model validation, relative importance of environmental factors on regional carbon balances, model intercomparisons, relative importance of interactions among environmental factors on carbon balance, and some figures and tables.