Ecosystem
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The term ecosystem refers to the combined physical and biological components of an environment. An ecosystem is generally an area within the natural environment in which physical (abiotic) factors of the environment, such as rocks and soil, function together along with interdependent (biotic) organisms, such as plants and animals, within the same habitat. Ecosystems can be permanent or temporary. Ecosystems usually form a number of food webs.
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See also
- Biodiversity
- Biodiversity Action Plan
- Biogeochemical cycle
- Biocoenosis
- Biome
- Biosphere
- Biosphere 2
- Business ecosystem
- Carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems
- Close to nature forestry
- Complex system
- Earth Science
- Ecological economics
- Ecological yield
- Ecology
- Ecoregion
- Ecosystem diversity
- Ecosystem ecology
- Ecosystem engineer
- Ecosystem management
- Ecosystem model
- Ecosystem services
- Ecosystem valuation
- Ecotope
- Edge effect
- Eugene Odum
- Food chain
- Global warming
- Invasive species
- Landscape ecology
- Leopold Report
- Natural environment
- Natural landscape
- Natural resource
- Nature
- Push–pull technology
- Software ecosystem
- Spaceship Earth
- Sustainability
- Sustainable development
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