Vegetation ecogeomorphology, dynamic equilibrium, and disturbance
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Abstract
Early ecologists understood the need to document geomorphic form and process to explain plant species distributions. Although this relationship has been acknowledged for over a century, with the exception of a few landmark papers, only the past few decades have experienced intensive research on this interdisciplinary topic. Here the authors provide a summary of the intimate relations between vegetation and geomorphic/process on hillslopes and fluvial systems. These relations are separated into systems (primarily fluvial) in dynamic equilibrium and those that are in nonequilibrium conditions including the impacts of various human disturbances affecting landforms, geomorphic processes, and interrelated, attendant vegetation patterns and processes. The authors conclude with a conceptual model of stream regime focusing on sediment deposition, erosion, and equilibrium that can be expanded to organize and predict vegetation patterns and life history strategies.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Vegetation ecogeomorphology, dynamic equilibrium, and disturbance |
| Chapter | 7 |
| DOI | 10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00324-9 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Year Published | 2013 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Publisher location | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Contributing office(s) | National Research Program - Eastern Branch |
| Description | 13 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Monograph |
| Larger Work Title | Ecogeomorphology: Volume 12 in Treatise in Geomorphology |
| First page | 94 |
| Last page | 106 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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