Can geodiversity help to save the soil archives?

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Unraveling the relationship between geomorphodiversity and sediment connectivity in a small alpine catchment

“…(2020). Considering the effects of geomorphic processes and sediment connectivity on these other components of the ecosystem (Cavalli, Vericat, et al., 2019; Savi et al., 2013), a holistic approach (Seijmonsbergen et al, 2019) is recommended in future research, especially in protected areas such as the one investigated in the framework of this research.…”

“…The pronounced diversity between slopes in terms of geomorphic dynamics could also influence soil and vegetation patterns, as investigated for this region in detail by Masseroli et al (2020). Considering the effects of geomorphic processes and sediment connectivity on these other components of the ecosystem (Cavalli, Vericat, et al, 2019;Savi et al, 2013), a holistic approach (Seijmonsbergen et al, 2019) is recommended in future research, especially in protected areas such as the one investigated in the framework of this research.…”

“…According to several authors (e.g., Cavalli, Vericat, & Pereira, 2019; Heckmann et al., 2018; Wainwright et al., 2011), it is possible also to distinguish between structural connectivity that describes the spatial contiguity of landscape units and functional connectivity that is process‐based. In this last case, considering geomorphic systems and the related sediment connectivity (Messenzehl, Hoffmann, & Dikau, 2014) as a functional component of ecosystems, the influence on soil development, and consequently on vegetation, could be highly relevant (Seijmonsbergen, Van den Ancker, Jungerius, & Norder, 2019). Vegetation, in fact, could interfere with geomorphic dynamics, being a regulating agent, but also suffering from the impact of geomorphic processes (Bollati, Crosa Lenz et al, 2018; Germain, Gavrilă, Elizbalashvili, & Pop, 2020; Savi, Schneuwly‐Bollschweiler, Bommer‐Denns, Stoffel, & Schlunegger, 2013).…”