Anthromes   The Global Ecological Patterns Created by Humans


Scholarly Publications


Publications on Anthromes


Ellis, E. C. 2011.  Anthropogenic transformation of the terrestrial biosphere. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Science 369(1938):1010-1035. [download]

Ellis, E. C., K. Klein Goldewijk, S. Siebert, D. Lightman, and N. Ramankutty. 2010. Anthropogenic transformation of the biomes, 1700 to 2000. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19(5):589�606. [download]  [Online Appendices]

Alessa, L. and F. S. Chapin, III. 2008. Anthropogenic biomes: a key contribution to earth-system science. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 23(10):529-531.

Ellis, E. C. and N. Ramankutty. 2008. Putting people in the map: anthropogenic biomes of the world. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6(8):439-447. [download] [blog post: Anthromes on the cover of Frontiers in Ecology]


Selected Publications citing Anthromes

Chapin III, F. S., G. P. Kofinas, and C. Folke. 2009. Principles of Ecosystem Stewardship: Resilience-Based Natural Resource Management in a Changing World. Springer

Ellis, E. C., E. C. Antill, and H. Kreft. 2012. All is not loss: plant biodiversity in the Anthropocene. PLoS ONE 7:e30535. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030535. [download] [maps & data] [blog post: All is not loss: Plant Biodiversity in the Anthropocene]

Tank, J. L., E. J. Rosi-Marshall, N. A. Griffiths, S. A. Entrekin, and M. L. Stephen. 2010. A review of allochthonous organic matter dynamics and metabolism in streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29:118-146.

Nu�ez, M. and A. Pauchard. 2010. Biological invasions in developing and developed countries: does one model fit all? Biological Invasions 12:707-714.

Friedl, M. A., D. Sulla-Menashe, B. Tan, A. Schneider, N. Ramankutty, A. Sibley, and X. Huang. 2010. MODIS Collection 5 global land cover: Algorithm refinements and characterization of new datasets. Remote Sensing of Environment 114:168-182.

Willis, K. J. and S. A. Bhagwat. 2009. Biodiversity and Climate Change. Science 326:806-807.

Janzen, H. H. 2009. Long-term ecological sites: musings on the future, as seen (dimly) from the past. Global Change Biology 15:2770-2778.

Hobbs, R. J., E. Higgs, and J. A. Harris. 2009. Novel ecosystems: implications for conservation and restoration. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 24:599-605.

Gardner, T. A., J. Barlow, R. Chazdon, R. M. Ewers, C. A. Harvey, C. A. Peres, and N. S. Sodhi. 2009. Prospects for tropical forest biodiversity in a human-modified world. Ecology Letters 12:561-582.

Ellis, E. C.,N. Neerchal, K. Peng, H. S. Xiao, H. Wang, Z. Yan, S. C. Li, J. X. Wu, J. G. Jiao, H. Ouyang, X. Cheng, and L. Z. Yang. 2009. Estimating long-term changes in China's village landscapes.. Ecosystems 122 (2):279-2977. [download] [blog post:: China�s villages are changing the world]

Chapin III, F. S., J. T. Randerson, A. D. McGuire, J. A. Foley, and C. B. Field. 2008. Changing feedbacks in the climate-biosphere system. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6:313-320.

Turner II, B. L. and P. Robbins. 2008. Land-Change Science and Political Ecology: Similarities, Differences, and Implications for Sustainability Science. Annual Review Of Environment And Resources 33:295-316.


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