Ecosystem (Meaning of)

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Ecosystem
a system consisting of a community of animals, plants and microorganisms and the physical and chemical environment in which they interrelate.
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ecosystem
All the organisms in a particular region and the environment in which they live. The elements of an ecosystem interact with each other in some way, and so depend on each other either directly or indirectly.
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Ecosystem
A community of species together with the surrounding environment that function together as a coherent unit to maintain a flow of energy and to acquire, store, and recycle nutrients.
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Ecosystem
An ecological community, along with its environment, viewed as a unit.
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Ecosystem
A biological system consisting of many organisms from different species.
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Ecosystem
The interacting system of a biological community and its non-living environmental surroundings.
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Ecosystem
The organisms in a plant population and the biotic and abiotic factors which impact on them. See abiotic factors; Biotic factors.
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Ecosystem
The living organisms and the nonliving environment interacting in a given area.
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ecosystem
The interacting system of a biological community and its nonliving environmental surroundings.
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ecosystem
(Living things in their environment) a community of animals, plants and micro-organisms, together with the habitat where they live
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Ecosystem
A habitat in which different organisms interact and support one another.
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Ecosystem
a stable environment in which live a large number of different forms of life, each affecting the other. Example are a forest, desert, tidal area, soil, oral cavity, gut.
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ecosystem
[n] - a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
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Ecosystem
the system composed of the interaction of all living organisms and their natural environment
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Ecosystem
A dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment, interacting as a functional unit.
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Ecosystem
A collection of plants and animals integrated as a result of the exchange of energy and nutrients between them
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Ecosystem
The unit consisting of a community of living organisms and their environment.
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Ecosystem
A community of living things together with their environment. See also: Ecology.
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ecosystem
Grouping of organisms (micro-organisms, plants, animals) interacting together, with and through their physical and chemical environments, to form a functional entity within a defined environment.
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Ecosystem
a community of organisms and their physio-chemical environment interacting as an ecological unit.
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Ecosystem
The totality of all plant and animal species that constitute an interdepent, interrelated community
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Ecosystem
a term used to describe a natural unit that consists of living and non-living parts which interact to form a stable system. The ecosystem idea can be applied at different scales in the same way e.g. a pond or an ocean
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Ecosystem
A community of plant and animal species that interact together along with their physical and chemical environment.
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Ecosystem
The interacting system of biological community and its nonliving environment.
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Ecosystem
A dynamic complex of plant, animal, fungal, and microorganism communities and their associated non- living environment interacting as an ecological unit.
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