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Tree Species Effects on Soil CO2 and CH4 Fluxes in a Mixed Temperate Forest

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Temperate forest soils are net sources of carbon dioxide (CO2) and net sinks for methane (CH4), the two greenhouse gases most responsible for contemporary global climate change. Both soil carbon fluxes are sensitive to their local tree communities due to the direct effects of tree traits as well as indirect effects of associated soil properties. We asked how tree species identity and diversity predicts the flux of CO2 and CH4 from soils, how the two net fluxes are related, and what tree and soil characteristics predict their magnitudes. In a mixed temperate forest in central Massachusetts, we established 49 plots containing either a single tree species or a combination of those species and measured growing season soil CO2 and CH4 fluxes for two years. We found generally greater soil CO2 and CH4 fluxes associated with deciduous tree species. CH4 uptake rates were more sensitive to tree species than were CO2 fluxes. Tree species mixtures lead to predictable intermediate fluxes of CO2, but mixtures resulted in lower than predicted CH4 uptake. Soil CO2 emission and CH4 uptake were both positively related to total litter inputs. Soil CO2 emission was additionally associated with warmer temperatures and a lower ratio of soil carbon to nitrogen; in contrast, CH4 uptake was associated with lower soil moisture and a shallower organic horizon. Thus, tree species community composition may prove useful for predicting soil carbon fluxes, but much remains to be discovered about the mechanisms linking tree species to associated microbial and biogeochemical processes.

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All data associated with this manuscript as well as the statistical code can be found at Jevon, Fiona (2023), “CO2 and CH4 fluxes at Harvard Forest”, Mendeley Data, V2, https://doi.org/10.17632/z6wybrtpyk.2.

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We thank Audrey Barker Plotkin for her assistance in locating the study plots and Mark Bradford for helpful conversations about the project. Figure 1 was created with BioRender.com. Support for Jaclyn Matthes came from the National Science Foundation (Award Number 1638406). Additional support was provided by NSF awards 18-32210 (Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research) and 1637685 (Hubbard Brook Long-Term Ecological Research).

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    Fiona V. Jevon & Jonathan Gewirtzman

  3. Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, USA

    Ashley K. Lang

  4. Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, Massachusetts, 01366, USA

    Jaclyn Hatala Matthes

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Jevon, F.V., Gewirtzman, J., Lang, A.K. et al. Tree Species Effects on Soil CO2 and CH4 Fluxes in a Mixed Temperate Forest. Ecosystems 26, 1587–1602 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-023-00852-2

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