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  • Ecology
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Geomorphology

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  • Organisms influence their environments, creating feedback loops with landscape evolution.
  • These geo-evolutionary feedbacks operate on contemporary timescales relevant to anthropogenic change.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a conceptual framework for geo-evolutionary feedbacks.
  • To emphasize the interplay between landscape change and trait evolution in organisms.
  • To understand feedbacks at both patch and landscape scales.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual framework development.
  • Analysis of trait evolution and its impact on organism populations and distributions.
  • Consideration of geomorphic engineering traits and spatial self-organization.

Main Results:

  • Geo-evolutionary feedbacks can be direct (via geomorphic traits) or indirect (via population dynamics).
  • Organisms modifying local environments drive patch-scale feedbacks.
  • Spatial self-organization drives landscape-scale feedbacks.

Conclusions:

  • Geo-evolutionary feedbacks are prevalent and operate on relevant timescales.
  • Understanding these feedbacks is essential for predicting landscape adaptive capacity.
  • This framework aids in predicting landscape change under environmental pressures.