27 Earth's Surface and Humanity

Wednesday, 21 May 2014
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
SUB 233/235

TOPOGRAPHIC SIGNATURES OF LIFE IN THE NORTHERN ROCKIES

Paper number: 27-8
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 10:10 AM – 10:30 AM

Authors

Abstract

Do biota affect landscape form and evolution? Dietrich and Perron provocatively raised this question in a 2006 Nature paper, building on and spawning research into the coevolution of life and landscapes. Here I pose this question with respect to select Rocky Mountain landscapes, applying both case studies and emerging ecogeomorphic process knowledge to describe biophysical interactions among flora, fauna, slopes and rivers in Montana and elsewhere in the northern Rockies.