Ellis, Erle C.

An ecoregion-based approach to protecting half the terrestrial realm

Dinerstein, E., Olson, D., Joshi, A., Vynne, C., Burgess, N. D., Wikramanayake, E., Hahn, N., Palminteri, S., Hedao, P., Noss, R., et al. (2017) · BioScience

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementLand Use and Ecosystem Services

Cited by 2,460

The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene

Waters, C. N., Zalasiewicz, J., Summerhayes, C., Barnosky, A. D., Poirier, C., Gałuszka, A., Cearreta, A., Edgeworth, M., Ellis, E. C., Ellis, M., et al. (2016) · Science

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 2,375

Anthropogenic transformation of the biomes, 1700 to 2000

Ellis, E. C., Klein Goldewijk, K., Siebert, S., Lightman, D., & Ramankutty, N. (2010) · Global Ecology and Biogeography

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Changes in China

Cited by 1,543

A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation

Garnett, S. T., Burgess, N. D., Fa, J. E., Fernández-Llamazares, Á., Molnár, Z., Robinson, C. J., Watson, J. E. M., Zander, K. K., Austin, B., Brondizio, E. S., et al. (2018) · Nature Sustainability

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementLand Rights and Reforms

Cited by 1,447

Anthropogenic transformation of the terrestrial biosphere

Ellis, E. C. (2011) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEcosystem dynamics and resilience

Cited by 845

Used planet: a global history

Ellis, E. C., Kaplan, J. O., Fuller, D. Q., Vavrus, S., Klein Goldewijk, K., & Verburg, P. H. (2013) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesArchaeology and ancient environmental studies

Cited by 812

When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal

Zalasiewicz, J., Waters, C. N., Williams, M., Barnosky, A. D., Cearreta, A., Crutzen, P., Ellis, E., Ellis, M. A., Fairchild, I. J., Grinevald, J., et al. (2015) · Quaternary International

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 784

Holocene carbon emissions as a result of anthropogenic land cover change

Kaplan, J. O., Krumhardt, K. M., Ellis, E. C., Ruddiman, W. F., Lemmen, C., & Goldewijk, K. K. (2011) · The Holocene

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesGeology and Paleoclimatology Research

Cited by 659

Middle-range theories of land system change

Meyfroidt, P., Roy Chowdhury, R., de Bremond, A., Ellis, E. C., Erb, K.-H., Filatova, T., Garrett, R. D., Grove, J. M., Heinimann, A., Kuemmerle, T., et al. (2018) · Global Environmental Change

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development

Cited by 604

Mapping where ecologists work: biases in the global distribution of terrestrial ecological observations

Martin, L. J., Blossey, B., & Ellis, E. (2012) · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Cited by 521

The Working Group on the Anthropocene: Summary of evidence and interim recommendations

Zalasiewicz, J., Waters, C. N., Summerhayes, C. P., Wolfe, A. P., Barnosky, A. D., Cearreta, A., Crutzen, P., Ellis, E., Fairchild, I. J., Gałuszka, A., et al. (2017) · Anthropocene

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 487

All is not loss: Plant biodiversity in the anthropocene

Ellis, E. C., Antill, E. C., & Kreft, H. (2012) · PLoS ONE

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesLand Use and Ecosystem Services

Cited by 297

Involve social scientists in defining the Anthropocene

Ellis, E., Maslin, M., Boivin, N., & Bauer, A. (2016) · Nature

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies

Cited by 233

The Anthropocene biosphere

Williams, M., Zalasiewicz, J., Haff, P., Schwägerl, C., Barnosky, A. D., & Ellis, E. C. (2015) · The Anthropocene Review

Earth Systems and Cosmic EvolutionPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 226

The challenge of feeding the world while conserving half the planet

Mehrabi, Z., Ellis, E. C., & Ramankutty, N. (2018) · Nature Sustainability

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Cited by 176

Sustainable Traditional Agriculture in the Tai Lake Region of China

Ellis, E. C., & Wang, S. M. (1997) · Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

Agricultural Science and FertilizationAgricultural Systems and Practices

Cited by 155

Effect of per-capita land use changes on Holocene forest clearance and CO2 emissions

Ruddiman, W. F., & Ellis, E. C. (2009) · Quaternary Science Reviews

Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesGeology and Paleoclimatology Research

Cited by 141

The Anthropocene Divide: Obscuring Understanding of Social-Environmental Change

Bauer, A. M., & Ellis, E. C. (2018) · Current Anthropology

Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureEnvironmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies

Cited by 127

A practical solution: the Anthropocene is a geological event, not a formal epoch

Gibbard, P. L., Bauer, A. M., Edgeworth, M., Ruddiman, W. F., Gill, J. L., Merritts, D. J., Finney, S. C., Edwards, L. E., Walker, M. J. C., Maslin, M., et al. (2022) · Episodes

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 100

The Anthropocene: a conspicuous stratigraphical signal of anthropogenic changes in production and consumption across the biosphere

Williams, M., Zalasiewicz, J., Waters, C. N., Edgeworth, M., Bennett, C., Barnosky, A. D., Ellis, E. C., Ellis, M. A., Cearreta, A., Haff, P. K., et al. (2016) · Earth's Future

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEarth Systems and Cosmic Evolution

Cited by 91

A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems

Goddard, M. A., Davies, Z. G., Guenat, S., Ferguson, M. J., Fisher, J. C., Akanni, A., Ahjokoski, T., Anderson, P. M. L., Angeoletto, F., Antoniou, C., et al. (2021) · Nature Ecology & Evolution

Smart Cities and TechnologiesLand Use and Ecosystem Services

Cited by 90

Colonization of the Americas, ‘Little Ice Age’ climate, and bomb-produced carbon: Their role in defining the Anthropocene

Members of the Anthropocene Working Group:, Zalasiewicz, J., Waters, C. N., Barnosky, A. D., Cearreta, A., Edgeworth, M., Ellis, E. C., Gałuszka, A., Gibbard, P. L., Grinevald, J., et al. (2015) · The Anthropocene Review

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchArchaeology and ancient environmental studies

Cited by 82

The chronostratigraphic method is unsuitable for determining the start of the Anthropocene

Edgeworth, M., Ellis, E. C., Gibbard, P., Neal, C., & Ellis, M. (2019) · Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 71