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Welcome to the Anthroecology Lab

Exploring the ecology of human landscapes at local, regional and global scales to make ecosystem management more sustainable.

This is the website of the Anthroecology Lab, where we investigate the ecology and sustainable use of landscapes from local to global scales. The lab is directed by Erle Ellis in the Department of Geography & Environmental Systems at UMBC.

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Guide to Anthromes

Picture of Anthropocene Working Group Meeting (HKW 2014)

Why I Resigned from the Anthropocene Working Group

Why There’s No Such Thing as Pristine Nature

In PNAS: 12,000 years of Anthrome Culture

Browse 12,000 years of global land use history!

Erle Ellis is 2021-2024 Presidential Research Professor at UMBC

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