... Anthropogenic landscapes Historical ecology The term Anthropocene is broadly used to describe the chapter of the Earth’s history in which, atmospheric, oceanographic, biogeochemical, hydrological and ecological patterns have been driven by human activities on par with, or even greater than, natural...

..., and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . historical ecology land use legacies fluvial geomorphology A major challenge of the Anthropocene—the period in which human activity is the dominant influence...