Understory vs Ecosystem - What's the difference?
understory | ecosystem |
The layer of plants that grow in the shade of the canopy of a forest.
A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.
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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.
As nouns the difference between understory and ecosystem
is that understory is the layer of plants that grow in the shade of the canopy of a forest while ecosystem is a system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.understory
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Noun
(wikipedia understory) (understories)ecosystem
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(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.}}