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Anthropogenic biome maps

Published: January 3, 2008, 3:12 pm
Updated: September 25, 2011, 6:25 am
Lead Author: Erle Ellis
Contributing Author: Navin Ramankutty
Topics: Land-use & Land-cover Change Geography Food Anthropogenic Ecosystems Ecology
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This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Mark McGinley

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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

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 February 4, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Anthropogenic_biome_maps>

The Author

Erle EllisDr. 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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  • Posted by Marvin Steiner on January 21, 2012 9:26 am

    Unfortunately, I can't download the Google Earth link, nor any other link (Google Maps, the PDF, nadda).

    I'd wish this would work.

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