Anthropogenic biome maps

Lead Authors: Erle Ellis (other articles) and Navin Ramankutty (other articles)
Article Topics: Agriculture and food, Anthropogenic ecosystems, Ecology, Geography and Land-use and land-cover change
This article has been reviewed and approved by the following Topic Editor: Mark McGinley (other articles)
Last Updated: January 3, 2008
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Map based on: Ellis, E. C., and N. Ramankutty. 2008. Putting people in the map: anthropogenic biomes of the world. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6:XXX-XXX. doi:10.1890/070062.

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Citation
Ellis, Erle and Navin Ramankutty (Lead Authors); Mark McGinley (Topic Editor). 2008. "Anthropogenic biome maps." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth November 26, 2007; Last revised January 3, 2008; Retrieved April 29, 2008]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Anthropogenic_biome_maps>
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