Higher sediment redistribution rates related to burrowing animals than previously assumed as revealed by time-of-flight-based monitoring

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dc.contributor.authorGrigusova, Paulina
dc.contributor.authorLarsen, Annegret
dc.contributor.authorAchilles, Sebastian
dc.contributor.authorBrandl, Roland
dc.contributor.authorRío López, Camilo Del
dc.contributor.authorFarwig, Nina
dc.contributor.authorKraus, Diana
dc.contributor.authorPaulino, Leandro
dc.contributor.authorPliscoff Varas, Patricio Andrés
dc.contributor.authorÜbernickel, Kirstin
dc.contributor.authorBendix, Jörg
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-19T23:35:35Z
dc.date.available2024-08-19T23:35:35Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractBurrowing animals influence surface microtopography and hillslope sediment redistribution, but changes often remain undetected due to a lack of automated high-resolution field monitoring techniques. In this study, we present a new approach to quantify microtopographic variations and surface changes caused by burrowing animals and rainfall-driven erosional processes applied to remote field plots in arid and Mediterranean climate regions in Chile. We compared the mass balance of redistributed sediment between burrow and burrow-embedded area, quantified the cumulative sediment redistribution caused by animals and rainfall, and upscaled the results to a hillslope scale. The newly developed instrument, a time-of-flight camera, showed a very good detection accuracy. The animal-caused cumulative sediment excavation was 14.6 cm3 cm-2 yr-1 in the Mediterranean climate zone and 16.4 cm3 cm-2 yr-1 in the arid climate zone. The rainfall-related cumulative sediment erosion within burrows was higher (10.4 cm3 cm-2 yr-1) in the Mediterranean climate zone than the arid climate zone (1.4 cm3 cm-2 yr-1). Daily sediment redistribution during rainfall within burrow areas was up to 350 %(40 %) higher in the Mediterranean (arid) zone compared to burrow-embedded areas and much higher than previously reported in studies that were not based on continuous microtopographic monitoring. A total of 38 % of the sediment eroding from burrows accumulated within the burrow entrance, while 62 % was incorporated into hillslope sediment flux, which exceeds previous estimations 2-fold. On average, animals burrowed between 1.2-2.3 times a month, and the burrowing intensity increased after rainfall. This revealed a newly detected feedback mechanism between rainfall, erosion, and animal burrowing activity, likely leading to an underestimation of animal-triggered hillslope sediment flux in wetter climates. Our findings hence show that the rate of sediment redistribution due to animal burrowing is dependent on climate and that animal burrowing plays a larger than previously expected role in hillslope sediment redistribution. Subsequently, animal burrowing activity should be incorporated into soil erosion and landscape evolution models that rely on soil processes but do not yet include animal-induced surface processes on microtopographical scales in their algorithms.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-08-19
dc.format.extent29 páginas
dc.fuente.origenORCID
dc.identifier.doi10.5194/esurf-10-1273-2022
dc.identifier.eissn2196-632X
dc.identifier.issn2196-632X
dc.identifier.scopusidScopus_ID: 85145551888
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-1273-2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/87526
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000902073400001
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Geografía; Del Rio Lopez Camilo; 0000-0002-6817-431X; 17960
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Geografía; Pliscoff Varas Patricio Andres; S/I; 1435
dc.issue.numero6
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido completo
dc.pagina.final1301
dc.pagina.inicio1273
dc.publisherCopernicus Publications
dc.revistaEarth Surface Dynamics
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.rights.licenseCC BY Atribución Internacional 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.ddc900
dc.subject.deweyHistoria y geografíaes_ES
dc.subject.ods06 Clean water and sanitation
dc.subject.ods13 Climate action
dc.subject.ods15 Life on land
dc.subject.odspa06 Agua limpia y saneamiento
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.titleHigher sediment redistribution rates related to burrowing animals than previously assumed as revealed by time-of-flight-based monitoring
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen10
sipa.codpersvinculados17960
sipa.codpersvinculados1435
sipa.trazabilidadSCOPUS;02-03-2023
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