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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-1273-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-1273-2022
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22 Dec 2022
Research article |  | 22 Dec 2022

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

Paulina Grigusova, Annegret Larsen, Sebastian Achilles, Roland Brandl, Camilo del Río, Nina Farwig, Diana Kraus, Leandro Paulino, Patricio Pliscoff, Kirstin Übernickel, and Jörg Bendix

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In our study, we developed, tested, and applied a cost-effective time-of-flight camera to autonomously monitor rainfall-driven and animal-driven sediment redistribution in areas affected by burrowing animals with high temporal (four times a day) and spatial (6 mm) resolution. We estimated the sediment redistribution rates on a burrow scale and then upscaled the redistribution rates to entire hillslopes. Our findings can be implemented into long-term soil erosion models.