Plant Biodiversity in Anthromes

The maps below were first published in 2012 and are approved for general use, with attribution to:

Ellis, Erle C.; Antill, Erica C.; Kreft, Holger. 2012. All is not loss: plant biodiversity in the Anthropocene. PLoS ONE 7: e30535. [Download PDF]


Native Species Richness (N)

Figure 1A in Ellis et al., 2012

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Anthropogenic Species Richness (ASR)

Figure 1B in Ellis et al., 2012

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Anthropogenic Species Richness (%; ASR / N)

Figure 1C in Ellis et al., 2012

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Anthropogenic Species Change (%; [ASL + ASI]/ N)

Figure 1D in Ellis et al., 2012

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Anthropogenic Species Loss (%; ASL / N)

Figure 1E in Ellis et al., 2012

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Anthropogenic Species Increase (%; ASI / N)

Figure 1F in Ellis et al., 2012

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Anthropogenic Species Loss (ASL)

Figure 1G in Ellis et al., 2012

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Anthropogenic Species Increase (ASI)

Figure 1H in Ellis et al., 2012

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Species Invasions (IS)

Figure 1I in Ellis et al., 2012

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Species Invasions (%; IS / N)

Figure 1J in Ellis et al., 2012

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Crop Species (CS)

S3, Figure 5 in Ellis et al., 2012

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Ornamental Species (OS)

S3, Figure 6 in Ellis et al., 2012

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Classic (Olson) Biomes

S3, Figure 1 in Ellis et al., 2012

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Biogeographic Realms (Olson)

S3, Figure 2 in Ellis et al., 2012

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