Editing Biome (section)

=== Anthropogenic biomes ===
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Humans have altered global patterns of [[biodiversity]] and [[ecosystem]] processes. As a result, vegetation forms predicted by conventional biome systems can no longer be observed across much of Earth's land surface as they have been replaced by crops and rangelands or cities. [[Anthropogenic biomes]] provide an alternative view of the terrestrial biosphere based on global patterns of sustained direct human interaction with ecosystems, including [[agriculture]], [[human settlement]]s, [[urbanization]], [[forestry]] and other [[land use|uses of land]]. Anthropogenic biomes offer a way to recognize the irreversible coupling of human and ecological systems at global scales and manage Earth's biosphere and anthropogenic biomes.

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|<small>Similarities can be seen between the 14 terrestrial bioregions of Olson & Dinerstein et al. and the 17 [[land cover]] classes of the [[International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme]], "which includes 11 natural vegetation classes, 3 developed and mosaicked land classes, and 3 non-vegetated land classes", as detected by satellites.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions-and-measurements/products/MCD12C1/ | title=MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG – LAADS DAAC }}</ref>
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{{Legend|#000080|[[Water]]}}
{{Legend|#008000|[[Evergreen]] [[Coniferous forest|Needleleaf forest]]}}
{{Legend|#00FF00|Evergreen [[Broadleaf forest]]}}
{{Legend|#99CC00|[[Deciduous]] Needleleaf Forest}}
{{Legend|#99FF99|Deciduous Broadleaf Forest}}
{{Legend|#339966|[[Mixed Forest]]}}
{{Legend|#993366|Closed [[Shrubland]]}}
{{Legend|#FFCC99|Open Shrubland}}
{{Legend|#CCFFCC|Woody [[Savannas]]}}
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{{Legend|#FFCC00|Savannas}}
{{Legend|#FF9900|[[Grasslands]]}}
{{Legend|#006699|Permanent [[Wetlands]]}}
{{Legend|#FFFF00|[[Croplands]]}}
{{Legend|#FF0000|[[Urban area|Urban]] and Built-Up}}
{{Legend|#999966|Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic}}
{{Legend|#FFFFFF|[[Snow]] and [[Ice]]}}
{{Legend|#808080|[[Barren vegetation|Barren]] or Sparsely Vegetated}}
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Major anthropogenic biomes:
* Dense settlements
* [[Cropland]]s
* [[Rangeland]]s
* Forested
* Indoor<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/19/science/the-next-frontier-the-great-indoors.html?ref=science |title=The Next Frontier: The Great Indoors |last=Zimmer |first=Carl |date=March 19, 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2021-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614024514/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/19/science/the-next-frontier-the-great-indoors.html?ref=science |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>