what are the special features of an ecosystem ?
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Ecosystems contain biotic or living, parts, as well as abiotic factors, or nonliving parts. Biotic factors include plants, animals, and other organisms. Abiotic factors include rocks, temperature, and humidity. Every factor in an ecosystem depends on every other factor, either directly or indirectly.
Ecosystems form in response to the unique but predictable climate of each geographic area. And since elevation and topography affect climate, ecosystems are different at different elevations. The life in any given ecosystem is the direct result of elevation, topography, and temperature and rainfall patterns.
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An ecosystem possesses the main features as given below ;
(i) Ecosystem, related to particular place and time, represents the sum of all natural organisms whether living or non-living of that area.
(ii) The organisation of ecosystem includes three factors;
(a) energy factors;
(b) biotic factors; and
(c) abiotic factors.
iii) Ecosystem has a certain spatial dimension and relates itself with a certain space or land surface.
(iv) Ecosystem is studied in terms of time units that relates it to temporal dimension.
(v) There are interactions between the organisational factors- energy, biotic and baiotic.
(vi) Ecosystem is an open and automatic system where all segments of the environment participate in the investment process of inputs and the output.
vii) There is no any mismanagement in the entire ecological system. Its all parts work within their limits in a balanced way.
(viii) Ecosystem is a natural source management and a monistic concept (hypothetical concept).
(ix) The whole ecosystem is undertaken from the energy of different type, but the solar energy is most important