Tissue humidity and pH as important species traits regulating tree methane emissions in floodplain wetland forests

Moisan, M.-A., Maire, V., Isabelle, J., Philippo, D. et Martineau, C. (2025). Tissue humidity and pH as important species traits regulating tree methane emissions in floodplain wetland forests. New Phytologist . ISSN 0028-646X 1469-8137 DOI 10.1111/nph.70543

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Despite the increasing number of studies investigating tree methane fluxes, the relationships between tree methane fluxes and species traits remain mostly unexplored.
We measured leaf and stem methane fluxes of five tree species (Acer saccharinum, Fraxinus nigra, Ulmus americana, Salix nigra, and Populus spp.) in the floodplain of Lake St-Pierre (Québec) and examined how these fluxes vary with species traits (wood density, humidity, pH; leaf water content, pH, stomatal conductance; methanogen and methanotroph relative abundances (RAs) in leaf, wood, and bark).
Tree methane fluxes differed among tree species according to traits linked to the transport of soil-produced methane and chemical conditions associated with the regulation of methane-cycling microorganisms. Tree fluxes were correlated positively with heartwood and leaf pH and negatively with their humidity. Stem emissions were positively correlated with methanogen RA in heartwood, and leaf emissions were negatively correlated with the RA of leaf epiphytic methanotrophs, suggesting a contribution of tree microbiota in the regulation of methane fluxes.
We demonstrated for the first time that tissue pH may be a particularly important trait influencing tree methane fluxes via the regulation of microbial mechanisms. Species with low tissue pH show potential for methane release mitigation.

Type de document:	Article
Mots-clés libres:	CH4 Forested swamp Functional traits Leaf methane fluxes Phyllosphere microbiota Stem methane fluxes Tree-mediated methane Emissions Wetlands
Date de dépôt:	26 févr. 2026 16:29
Dernière modification:	26 févr. 2026 16:29
Version du document déposé:	Version officielle de l'éditeur
URI:	https://depot-e.uqtr.ca/id/eprint/12640

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