Methane (CH4) emissions from tree trunks
Forests are known to be an important carbon sink. However, recentrly tree trunks were found to emit CH4
Paper
- Epron D, Mochidome T, Tanabe T, Dannoura M & Sakabe A (2023). "Variability in stem methane emissions and wood methane production of tree different species in a cold temperate mountain forest". Ecosystems 26:784–789. doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00795-0
- Mochidome T, Epron D (2024) "Drivers of intra-individual spatial variability in methane emissions from tree trunks in upland forest". Trees. doi.org/10.1007/s00468-024-02501-0
Presentations
- Poster presentation (en)
Takumi MOCHIDOME, Ayaka SAKABE, Masako DANNOURA, Daniel EPRON (March, 2022)
"How do wood traits account for the diversity of trunk methane production and emission in a temperate forest tree community?"
Annual meeting of Ecological Sciety of Japan - Oral presentation (jp)
Takumi MOCHIDOME, Ayaka SAKABE, Masako DANNOURA, Daniel EPRON (March, 2023)
"Sapwood CH4 concentration explains the spatial variability of trunk CH4 emission at the tree scale"
Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society - Poster presentation (en)
Takumi Mochidome, Masako Dannoura, Daniel EPRON (May, 2023)
"Vertical patterns of CH4 emissions from the trunks of four cool-temperate tree species"
JpGU 2023 - Oral presentation (jp)
Takumi MOCHIDOME, Masako DANNOURA, Daniel EPRON (March, 2024)
"Vertical variation of trunk CH4 emission produced by distribution of CH4 production and axial transpor of CH4 inside the trunk."
Annual Meeting of The Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan.
Others
- Grant for Researchs in Ashiu Experimental Forest (September, 2021)
"Understanding the production, diffusion, and emission of CH4 within trees of a cool-temperate forest" - I wrote a small article on Ashiu Forest's HP!
"Does forest emit CH4?" (jp)
Here! - Fellowship at JSPS DC1
period: 2024 April to 2027 March