Abstract：
We develop a conceptual framework for geo-evolutionary feedbacks which describes the mutual interplay between landscape change and the evolution of traits of organisms residing on the landscape, with an emphasis on contemporary timeframes. Geo-evolutionary feedbacks can be realized via the direct evolution of geomorphic engineering traits or can be mediated by the evolution of trait variation that affects the population size and distribution of the specific geomorphic engineering organisms involved. Organisms that modify their local environments provide the basis for patch-scale geo-evolutionary feedbacks, whereas spatial self-organization provides a mechanism for geo-evolutionary feedbacks at the landscape scale. Understanding these likely prevalent geo-evolutionary feedbacks, that occur at timescales similar to anthropogenic climate change, will be essential to better predict landscape adaptive capacity and change.
摘要：
我们开发了地理进化反馈的概念框架，该框架描述了景观变化与居住在景观上的生物特征进化之间的相互作用。强调当代的时间框架。地理进化反馈可以通过地貌工程性状的直接进化来实现，也可以通过影响所涉及的特定地貌工程生物的种群大小和分布的性状变异的进化来介导。改变其局部环境的生物为补丁规模的地理进化反馈提供了基础，而空间自组织为景观尺度的地理进化反馈提供了一种机制。了解这些可能普遍存在的地理进化反馈，发生在类似于人为气候变化的时间尺度上，对于更好地预测景观适应能力和变化至关重要。
