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entity > material entity > organizational unit > ecosystem

Preferred term

ecosystem  

Definition

  • [Henderson's] n. community of different spe­cies interdependent on each other, together with their non-living environment, which is relatively self-contained in terms of energy flow, and is distinct from neigh­bouring communities. Different types of ecosystem are defined by the collection of organisms found within them, e.g. forest, soil, grassland. Continuous ecosystems covering very large areas, such as the northern coniferous forest or the steppe grassland, are known as biomes.

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Note

  • [controlled by ] Mark Frenzel, 22 May 2013

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Contributor

  • 0000-0003-0631-8231

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

  • 生态系统

    Chinese

  • 生態系

    Japanese

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20515

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