Abiotic,residual and functional components of landforms |
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| Authors: | Dov Corenblit Johannes Steiger Sébastien Delmotte |
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| Institution: | 1. Université Paris VII, PRODIG – P?le de recherche pour l'organisation et la diffusion de l'information géographique, Paris, France;2. LMTG‐Laboratoire des mécanismes de transferts en géologie, Toulouse, France;3. Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, GEOLAB, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Clermont‐Ferrand, France;4. CNRS, UMR 6042, GEOLAB – Laboratoire de Géographie Physique et Environnementale, Clermont‐Ferrand, France;5. MAD – Environnement, Modelling and Analysis of Data in Environment, Gradignan, France |
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| Abstract: | The concept of functional ecogeomorphology developed originally from the study of fluvial systems represents an insightful framework for describing landforms as structures adjusting to external physical forces, and also as functional components contributing to the complex play of interactions and reciprocal adjustments between biotic and abiotic elements of ecosystems. In this commentary we propose to extend the model of functional ecogeomorphology by classifying landforms in three fundamental components: abiotic, residual and functional. The various possible combinations of these three components are presented and discussed in the scope of evolutionary geomorphology. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | functional ecogeomorphology function landform geomorphic‐engineer species niche construction evolutionary geomorphology |
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