 | Paul Richard Dingwall, D. W. H. Walton - Business & Economics - 1996 - 198 pages
...circle of understanding, from single species, to communities, food chains and pyramids, to ecosystems. An ecosystem is a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment interacting as a functional unit. Ecosystems are interrelated to form... | |
 | Steven A. Osofsky - Livestock - 2005 - 260 pages
...health, this is very much a human-focused definition and cannot be applied to wildlife or ecosystems. An ecosystem is a dynamic complex of plant, animal,...nonliving environment interacting as a functional unit (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2003). People and their livelihoods are an integral part of ecosystems.... | |
 | World Bank - Law - 2006 - 108 pages
...semi-subsistence regime whose practitioners are among the smallest and poorest farming households. Farming on An ecosystem is a dynamic complex of plant, animal,...nonliving environment interacting as a functional unit. Examples of ecosystems include natural forests, landscapes with mixed patterns of human use, and ecosystems... | |
 | Sven Erik Jørgensen, Brian Fath, Simone Bastianoni, Joao C. Marques, Felix Muller, S. Nors Nielsen, Bernard D. Patten, Enzo Tiezzi, Robert E. Ulanowicz - Science - 2011 - 288 pages
...ecosystem is according to the Millennium Report (2003) defined as "a dynamic complex of plants, animals and microorganism communities and the nonliving environment, interacting as a functional unit. Humans are an integral part of ecosystems." A well-defined ecosystem has strong interactions among... | |
 | World Bank - Political Science - 2008 - 212 pages
...price trend is projected to continue for the foreseeable future and will stimulate rapid Box I . I Ecosystem Services An ecosystem is a dynamic complex...nonliving environment interacting as a functional unit. Examples of ecosystems include natural forests, landscapes with mixed patterns of human use, and ecosystems... | |
 | Martin L. Parry - Business & Economics - 2007 - 71 pages
...4.4.2, Box 4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.10, 4.4.11]. 4.1 Introduction An ecosystem can be practically defined as a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism...non-living environment, interacting as a functional unit (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Reid et al., 2005). Ecosystems may be usefully identified through... | |
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An ecosystem is a dynamic complex of plant, animal, and microorganism communities and the nonliving environment interacting as a functional unit. Humans are an integral part of ecosystems. Ecosystems provide a variety of benefits to people, including... 