The Anthropogenic Biomes of the World, Version 1 data set describes globally-significant ecological patterns within the terrestrial biosphere caused by sustained direct human interaction with ecosystems, including agriculture, urbanization, forestry and other land uses. Conventional biomes, such as tropical rainforests or grasslands, are based on global vegetation patterns related to climate. Now that humans have fundamentally altered global patterns of ecosystem form, process, and biodiversity, anthropogenic biomes provide a contemporary view of the terrestrial biosphere in its human-altered form. Anthropogenic biomes may also be termed "anthromes" to distinguish them from conventional biome systems, or "human biomes" (a simpler but less precise term). This data set is distributed by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
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Anthropogenic Biomes, 2008
Additional Info
- Project: Anthropogenic Biomes of the World
- Dataset Title: Anthropogenic Biomes, 2008
- Data Series: unknown
- Orginator: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
- Institution Type: gov't - federal
- Author: Ellis, E.C., and N. Ramankutty
- Distributor: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
- Reports: Ellis, E. C., and N. Ramankutty. 2008. Putting People in the Map: Anthropogenic Biomes of the World. Frontiers in Ecology and the Enviroment 6(8):439-447. http://ecotope.org/people/ellis/papers/ellis_2008.pdf.
- Data Type: GIS
- Délı̨nę District: yes
- K’asho Got’ı̨nę District: yes
- Tulı́t’a District: yes
- Time Period: 2001-2006
- Source Date: 2008
- Version: 1
- Access Constraints: open download - no login
- Use Constraints: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/anthromes-anthropogenic-biomes-world-v1/metadata
- Completion Status: complete
- Maintenance: as needed
- Maintenance Frequency: as needed
- Metadata Available: [see online]
- Metadata Contact: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), 845.365.8920; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Spatial Extent: International
- Traditional Knowledge: no
- Wildlife: no
- Habitat: yes
- Keywords: anthropogenic; biomes; human; population; land cover; land surface;
- Data Category: raster
- Format: tiff
- Feature Type: image
- Feature Count: NA
- Dataset Descriptive Name: na_anthrome_ESRIgrid
- File Name: anthropogenic_biomes.lyr
- Scale: unknown
- Projection: unknown
- Downloadable: yes
- Downloadable Format: zip
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