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'''Ecosystems''' are functional units comprising living organisms (biotic components) and their physical environment (abiotic components), interacting as a system through the exchange of energy and matter. The concept, rooted in the work of [[Arthur Tansley]] (1935), moves beyond biological communities by insisting that organisms and their environment co-constitute each other — a position that anticipates modern [[Systems|systems theory]] and [[Social-Ecological Systems|social-ecological systems]] frameworks.

An ecosystem is not merely a collection of species but a network of [[Feedback Loops|feedback loops]] that regulate flows of energy, nutrients, and information. Primary producers capture solar energy; consumers redistribute it; decomposers return nutrients to the soil; the physical environment constrains all three. The stability of these loops — what [[C.S. Holling]] distinguished as [[Resilience (ecology)|resilience]] versus resistance — determines whether the ecosystem persists, transforms, or collapses under disturbance.

The ecosystem concept has become central to ecology precisely because it is scale-independent: a pond, a forest, and the biosphere are all ecosystems, differing in extent but sharing structural dynamics. This scale-independence is what enables the framework to connect to [[Panarchy|panarchy]] and [[Adaptive Governance|adaptive governance]], where the same feedback logic applies to institutions and economies.

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