Ecosystem vs Agrosystem - What's the difference?
ecosystem | agrosystem |
A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.
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, title=A Drier and Hotter Future
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The interconnectedness of organisms (plants, animals, microbes) with each other and their environment.
(business, marketing) A set of interconnected products and services.
(ecology) An agricultural ecosystem
* {{quote-book, 1994, G.J. Bethlenfalvay & H. Schuepp, chapter=Arbuscular mycorrhizas and agrosystem stability, Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas on Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Ecosystems, editors=Gianninazzi & Schuepp
, passage=An agrosystem consists of plant roots, the soil microflora, the soil fauna and the abiotic geochemical soil matrix.}}
As nouns the difference between ecosystem and agrosystem
is that ecosystem is a system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit while agrosystem is (ecology) an agricultural ecosystem.ecosystem
English
(wikipedia ecosystem)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems , and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
agrosystem
English
Noun
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