Disturbance regimes at the interface of geomorphology and ecology

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

RICE, S.

Centre for Hydrological and Ecosystem Science, Univ., Loughborough, Royaume-Uni

STOFFEL, M.

Lab. of Dendrogeomorphology, Inst. for Geological Sciences, Univ., Berne, Suisse

Chair for Climate Change and Climate Impacts, Inst. for Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Geneva, Carouge, Suisse

TUROWSKI, J.M.

Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements, Swiss Federal Research Inst., Birmensdorf, Suisse

WOLF, A.

ETH Zurich, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Zürich, Suisse

Description :
The AA. introduce thirteen papers that investigate the interactions and feedbacks between geomorphological disturbance regimes and ecosystem functions. These papers reveal the singularity of wildfire impacts, the importance of landsliding for carbon budgeting and of vegetation accumulation for landsliding, the zoogeomorphic role of iconic and Cinderella animals in fluvial geomorphology, biophysical interactions in aeolian, fluvial and torrential environments and the utility of living ecosystems as archives of geomorphic events. Most of these papers were first presented in a conference session at the European Geoscience Union General Assembly in 2010 and several others are from recent volumes of Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Earth surface processes and landforms, issn : 0197-9337, 2012, vol. 37, n°. 15, p. 1678-1682, nombre de pages : 5, Références bibliographiques : 1 p.

Date :
2012

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Chichester, Wiley

Langue :
Anglais