Anthropogenic biome maps
Published: January 3, 2008, 3:12 pm
Updated: September 25, 2011, 6:25 am
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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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Erle Ellis (Lead Author);Navin Ramankutty (Contributing Author);Mark McGinley (Topic Editor) "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 January 3, 2008; Last revised Date September 25, 2011; Retrieved June 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Anthropogenic_biome_maps>
The Author
Dr. Erle Ellis is Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where he teaches Environmental Science, Landscape Ecology and Biogeochemistry. His research focuses on ecological processes in anthropogenic landscapes at local, regional and global scales, and their transformation by population growth and industrially-based technologies. He has studied long-term changes in nitrogen balance in village ecosystems of China's Tai Lake Re ... (Full Bio)
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- If you have trouble printing the wall map: 1) Rotate page to vertical using the rotate button in the Acrobat menu bar, 2) turn off "autorotate and center" and other scaling options, 3) set print size to 51" x 31" paper size.
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.
Anthropogenic Biomes map in GIS format (ArcINFO GRID).
Legend for Anthropogenic Biomes
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Add CommentMarvin Steiner wrote:
Unfortunately, I can't download the Google Earth link, nor any other link (Google Maps, the PDF, nadda). I'd wish this would work.