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UK
/ˈiːkəʊsˌɪstəm/
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[ US /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/ ]
[ US /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/ ]
NOUN
- a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
How To Use ecosystem In A Sentence
- Botanical species in this ancient ecosystem included sagebrush, bluegrass, sedges, and herbs.
- Economists say the ecosystem is basically healthy; ecologists worry it may, be on the verge of being irreparably damaged.
- Aside from the sanctity of my goats and all I am happy to have coyotes, catamounts, bears and other preditors in the woods, they are hallmarks of a heathy ecosystem with all of its components in place. The Coyote--to Shoot or Not to Shoot. That is the Question.
- As the principal part of the earth land ecosystem, forest, especially the natural forest is most significant in keeping the ecological balance and the maintenance of the biology multiformity.
- Cardamine tangutorum wild vegetable planted artificially could markedly improve the biomass of degraded ecosystem, and this kind of wild vegetable is more suitable for growing in the forest.
- The web of life, the biocenose, the biotic community, the ecosystem — all terms relating to the same kinds of concept — have broadened and deepened the opportunities for studying the relation of nature and culture, particularly changes in the natu - ral order. ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE
- Base Nutrient Depletion: Acidification of soils causes the removal of nutrients (a process known as leaching) from terrestrial ecosystems. Acid deposition fact sheet
- People pursued more material products and neglected the ecosystem performance of forestry.
- The"sacred ecosystem," as executive director Hawk Rosales calls it, isthreaded by waters like Wolf Creek (right), focus of aproject to restore salmon habitat.
- The impact, Loucks believes, may permanently reduce the biological diversity of this extraordinary ecosystem.