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Landsliding and Its Multiscale Influence on Mountainscapes
Fecha
2009-09Registro en:
Restrepo, Carla; Walker, Lawrence. R.; Shiels, Aaron. B.; Bussmann, Rainer; Claessens, Lieven; et al.; Landsliding and Its Multiscale Influence on Mountainscapes; American Institute of Biological Sciences; Bioscience; 59; 8; 9-2009; 685-698
0006-3568
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Autor
Restrepo, Carla
Walker, Lawrence. R.
Shiels, Aaron. B.
Bussmann, Rainer
Claessens, Lieven
Fisch, Simey
Lozano, Pablo
Negi, Girish
Paolini, Leonardo
Poveda, German
Ramos Scharron, Carlos
Ritcher, Michael
Acha, Eduardo Marcelo
Resumen
Landsliding is a complex process that modifies mountainscapes worldwide. Its severe and sometimes long-lasting negative effects contrast with theless-documented positive effects on ecosystems, raising numerous questions about the dual role of landsliding, the feedbacks between biotic and geomorphic processes, and, ultimately, the ecological and evolutionary responses of organisms. We present a conceptual model in which feedbacks between biotic and geomorphic processes, landslides, and ecosystem attributes are hypothesized to drive the dynamics of mountain ecosystems at multiple scales. This model is used to integrate and synthesize a rich, but fragmented, body of literature generated in different disciplines, and to highlight the need for profitable collaborations between biologists and geoscientists. Such efforts should help identify attributes that contribute to the resilience of mountain ecosystems, and also should help in conservation, restoration, and hazard assessment. Given the sensitivity of mountains to land-use and global climate change, these endeavors are both relevant and timely.