Abstract
Human beings have achieved ecological dominance through series of long and unprecedented steps and have fundamentally altered biodiversity and ecosystem processes globally as well as locally. This chapter is an attempt to investigate the concept and transformation of human-induced biome. It proposes a dynamic process to investigate the terrestrial biosphere that integrates ecological and man-made system. The terrestrial characterization of human-induced biome is based on provincial, regional, and global patterns, which have been discussed and analysed. Altogether more than 15 human-induced biomes have been grouped into seven broad categories that have been identified in Himachal Pradesh, and it has been found that more than 70 % of land has exhibited direct signs of alteration, less than 25 % is wild land as a result of human dwelling and other land uses, which is just sufficient to sustain 12 % of total terrestrial Net Primary Productivity (NPP).
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Singh, R.B., Singh, S. (2014). Human-Induced Biome and Livelihood Security. In: Singh, R., Hietala, R. (eds) Livelihood Security in Northwestern Himalaya. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54868-3_5
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