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  2. Ecosystem - Wikipedia

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    An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction. [2]: 458 The biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Ecosystems are controlled by external and internal factors.

  3. ecosystem, the complex of living organisms, their physical environment, and all their interrelationships in a particular unit of space. A brief treatment of ecosystems follows. For full treatment, see biosphere.

  4. What is an Ecosystem? An ecosystem is a structural and functional unit of ecology where the living organisms interact with each other and the surrounding environment. In other words, an ecosystem is a chain of interactions between organisms and their environment.

  5. An ecosystem or biome describes a single environment and every living (biotic) organism and non-living (abiotic) factor that is contained within it or characterizes it. An ecosystem embodies every aspect of a single habitat, including all interactions between its different elements.

  6. What is an ecosystem? (article) | Ecology | Khan Academy

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    Learn what an ecosystem is, how energy and matter move through ecosystems, and what makes an ecosystem stable.

  7. Ecosystem - Definition and Examples - Biology Online Dictionary

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    An ecosystem is a system consisting of biotic and abiotic components that function together as a unit. The biotic components include all the living things whereas the abiotic components are the non-living things.

  8. Ecosystem - Education | National Geographic Society

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    An ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life. Bison, sometimes mistakenly called buffalo, are a keystone species of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem of the Great Plains of the United States and Canada. Photograph by Lela Bouse-McCracken, MyShot.