systems. This has two important implications. First, for many ecosystems, human-induced change in abiotic conditions triggered by engineering works, such as the salt content of the water in estuaries, may influence landscape evolution even when abiotic conditions are unaffected, because of a shift in the dominant species and lifehistory strategy. Second, on a more fundamental level, it highlights the importance and control of evolutionary processes in shaping the physical landscape, as plants traits are shaped by natural selection. This implies that landscape features such as marsh creeks reflect how evolutionary processes have shaped biogeomorphological systems that characterize our planet.
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