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Ecosystem
An ecosystem, a contraction of "ecological" and "system", refers to the collection of biotic and abiotic components and processes that comprise, and govern the behavior of some defined subset of the biosphere. Elements of an ecosystem may include flora, fauna, lower life forms, water and soil.
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