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DOI | 10.1177/0309133318816536 |
Biogeomorphic feedbacks and the ecosystem engineering of recently deglaciated terrain | |
Miller, Hannah R.; Lane, Stuart N. | |
发表日期 | 2019 |
ISSN | 0309-1333 |
EISSN | 1477-0296 |
卷号 | 43期号:1页码:24-45 |
英文摘要 | Matthews' 1992 geoecological model of vegetation succession within glacial forefields describes how following deglaciation the landscape evolves over time as the result of both biotic and abiotic factors, with the importance of each depending on the level of environmental stress within the system. We focus in this paper on how new understandings of abiotic factors and the potential for biogeomorphic feedbacks between abiotic and biotic factors makes further development of this model important. Disturbance and water dynamics are two abiotic factors that have been shown to create stress gradients that can drive early ecosystem succession. The subsequent establishment of microbial communities and vegetation can then result in biogeomorphic feedbacks via ecosystem engineering that influence the role of disturbance and water dynamics within the system. Microbes can act as ecosystem engineers by supplying nutrients (via remineralization of organic matter and nitrogen fixation), enhancing soil development, either decreasing (encouraging weathering) or increasing (binding sediment grains) geomorphic stability, and helping retain soil moisture. Vegetation can act as an ecosystem engineer by fixing nitrogen, enhancing soil development, modifying microbial community structure, creating seed banks, and increasing geomorphic stability. The feedbacks between vegetation and water dynamics in glacial forefields are still poorly studied. We propose a synthesized model of ecosystem succession within glacial forefields that combines Matthews' initial geoecological model and Corenblit's model to illustrate how gradients in environmental stress combined with successional time drive the balance between abiotic and biotic factors and ultimately determine the successional stage and potential for biogeomorphic feedbacks. |
WOS研究方向 | Physical Geography ; Geology |
来源期刊 | PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY-EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/92700 |
作者单位 | Univ Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Miller, Hannah R.,Lane, Stuart N.. Biogeomorphic feedbacks and the ecosystem engineering of recently deglaciated terrain[J],2019,43(1):24-45. |
APA | Miller, Hannah R.,&Lane, Stuart N..(2019).Biogeomorphic feedbacks and the ecosystem engineering of recently deglaciated terrain.PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY-EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT,43(1),24-45. |
MLA | Miller, Hannah R.,et al."Biogeomorphic feedbacks and the ecosystem engineering of recently deglaciated terrain".PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY-EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT 43.1(2019):24-45. |
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