Erle Ellis

Research Projects

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CURRENT

Anthropogenic Biomes

Anthropogenic biomes offer a new way forward in developing models and investigations of the terrestrial biosphere that integrate human and ecological systems.  Project website...
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CURRENT

Long-Term Biogeochemical Changes in China's Anthropogenic Landscapes

A study of the local, regional and global impacts of long-term changes in landscape structure and biogeochemistry in China's densely populated agricultural landscapes, based on intensive field research at five sites in China.  Project website...
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CURRENT

Ecotope Mapping in Watershed 263

Ecotopes were mapped across Watershed 263 in urban Baltimore City, Maryland.  Project website...
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CURRENT

Ecotope Mapping in the Cub Hill Tower Airshed

Ecotopes were mapped across the footprint of the Cub Hill eddy covariance carbon flux tower in suburban Baltimore County, Maryland.  Project website...
CASFS Farm Soil Map COMPLETED (1998 - 1999)
UCSC CASFS Farm Landscape Project
An early application of ecotope mapping across the UCSC Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) farm.  Project website...
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COMPLETED (1993 - 1997)

Nitrogen Cycling and Ecological Sustainability of Village Ecosystems in China

An investigation of nitrogen cycling across an entire village in China under pre-industrial, nitrogen-limiting conditions relative to the nitrogen-saturated conditions of 1994 to assess the role of nitrogen cycling in sustainable agricultural management.   Project website...