Which of the following is an example of anthropogenic biome?

The correct answer is Cropland.

Key Points

• Anthropogenic biome is also known as Anthromes or human biomes.
• They are the globally significant ecological patterns created by sustained interactions between humans and ecosystems.
• It includes-
  • Dense settlements
  • Forests
  • Cropland
  • Rangeland
  • Indoor
  • Aquatic
• It is human altered form of ecosystem for sustained direct human interaction with ecosystems.

Additional Information

• Biome is the collection of plants and animals that have common characteristics for the environment they exist.
• Eighteen “anthropogenic biomes” were identified through empirical analysis of global population, land use, and land cover.
• It has caused many extinction of plants as well as animals.