Key words :
biodiversity,
sustainability
,urban
,anthromes
,biomes
,human influence
,biosphère
,biodiversity
,ecology
,ecosystem
,human
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Human Influence on Ecology
18 Dec, 2007 11:30 am
Scientists have reclassified biomes like deserts and forests into ecosystems that show how humans have altered the Earth. Jorge Ribas (Discovery News) talks to one of the proposal's authors, Dr. Erle Ellis.
Key words :
biodiversity,
sustainability
,urban
,anthromes
,biomes
,human influence
,biosphère
,biodiversity
,ecology
,ecosystem
,human
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For more info on Anthropogenic Biomes, including maps for Google Earth and a slideshow, see:
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Anthropogenic_biomes