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Anthromes
Paradigm for Ecology
Integrating Human Systems into Ecology
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Human systems have reshaped ecosystems across the terrestrial
biosphere.
Anthrome ecology reflects the rich and diverse ecological forms created and sustained by direct
interactions with human systems, spanning a broad ecological spectrum, from
Wildlands to Dense Settlements.
As Anthromes vary in human population density and land use, so does
their...
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Primary Productivity
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Net Primary Productivity (NPP) varies in response to
tree and vegetation cover, irrigation, fertilizer use, tillage and other
management interventions and their results.
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Biodiversity
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Biotic Communities vary from native patterns to novel
ecosystems as they are transformed by domesticates (crops, livestock,
ornamentals, pets, native cultivation), and invasions of exotic species, as
well as habitat fragmentation, population harvest and management and the
transformation of land to agricultural lands and settlements.
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Biogeochemistry
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Carbon Balance (emissions below) and
Reactive Nitrogen are strongly influenced by clearing and
planting of
trees and vegetation cover, fertilizer use, tillage and other management
interventions.
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