Anthropogenic biomes : Highly Allochthonous (also via O’Radar) In physical geography, biogeography, and ecology classes we learn and teach about biomes - major global ecological communities, classified according to the dominant natural vegetation. But more than 3/4 of the world’s ice-free land shows the evidence of human activity - and the remaining 1/4 of the planet supports just 11% of the Earth’s terrestrial net primary production. Recognizing these things, Erle C Ellis and Navin Ramankutty of University of Maryland-Baltimore County and McGill University, respectively, have recently advanced the idea of anthropogenic biomes that characterize the human-altered landscape.

Anthropogenic biomes : Highly Allochthonous (also via O’Radar)

In physical geography, biogeography, and ecology classes we learn and teach about biomes - major global ecological communities, classified according to the dominant natural vegetation. But more than 3/4 of the world’s ice-free land shows the evidence of human activity - and the remaining 1/4 of the planet supports just 11% of the Earth’s terrestrial net primary production. Recognizing these things, Erle C Ellis and Navin Ramankutty of University of Maryland-Baltimore County and McGill University, respectively, have recently advanced the idea of anthropogenic biomes that characterize the human-altered landscape.

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