Insects as zoogeomorphic agents: an extended review,Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

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Insects as zoogeomorphic agents: an extended review
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms ( IF 2.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 , DOI: 10.1002/esp.4944
François Bétard ₁

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Insects are the largest and most diverse group of living organisms on Earth, playing a critical but underestimated role as agents of geomorphic change. Burrowing insects create micro‐scale landforms such as subterranean tunnels and surface mounds and, by this way, exert an influence on hydrology, soil erosion and sediment transfer at a wider landscape scale. However, social insects represented by ants and termites were the main taxa studied as geomorphic agents and ecosystem engineers. This article proposes an extended and critical literature review of insects as zoogeomorphic agents, with reference to various taxonomic orders and families of insects having a burrowing behaviour. It provides a large overview of their primary and secondary impacts on Earth surface systems, both supported by naturalistic evidence and available quantitative data. Some evolutionary insights are discussed based on fossil evidence of geomorphic work by insects and, at finer temporal scale, on recent advances in radiometric and luminescence dating of insect mounds. Finally, this article explores the fruitful links between geomorphology and entomology, and suggests several research perspectives in order to develop an integrated understanding of the importance of insects in Earth surface processes and landforms. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

中文翻译：

昆虫作为人兽共生的媒介：一个扩展的评论

昆虫是地球上最大，最多样化的生物，在地貌变化的推动因素中起着至关重要但被低估的作用。穴居昆虫会产生诸如地下隧道和地表丘之类的微观尺度的地貌，并以此在更广泛的景观尺度上对水文，土壤侵蚀和沉积物转移产生影响。但是，以蚂蚁和白蚁为代表的社会昆虫是作为地貌因子和生态系统工程师研究的主要分类。本文提出了昆虫作为动物地貌变种的扩展和批判性文献综述，涉及各种生物分类顺序和具有穴居行为的昆虫家族。它提供了它们对地球表面系统的主要和次要影响的广泛概述，并有自然证据和可用的定量数据支持。基于昆虫的地貌工作的化石证据，并在更短的时间尺度上，根据昆虫丘的辐射和发光年代学的最新进展，讨论了一些进化的见解。最后，本文探讨了地貌学与昆虫学之间的卓有成效的联系，并提出了几种研究视角，以便对昆虫在地球表面过程和地貌中的重要性形成全面的了解。分级为4 +©2020 John Wiley＆Sons，Ltd. 并提出了几种研究视角，以便对昆虫在地球表面过程和地形中的重要性有一个全面的了解。分级为4 +©2020 John Wiley＆Sons，Ltd. 并提出了几种研究视角，以便对昆虫在地球表面过程和地形中的重要性有一个全面的了解。分级为4 +©2020 John Wiley＆Sons，Ltd.

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