dynamic complex of communities of plants, animals and microorganisms and their non-living environment, interacting as a functional entity

system of complex interactions between communities of plants, animals, microorganisms and their environment (3.16), which functions as a unit

system of complex interactions between plants, animals, microorganisms and their environment, which functions as a unit

system of interdependent organisms which share the same habitat, in an area functioning together with all of the physical (abiotic) factors of the environment

system of complex interactions between communities of plants, animals, microorganisms and their environment, which functions as a unit

benefits that people and other living organisms obtain from ecosystems, including provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural services

benefit people obtain from one or several ecosystems (3.2.3)

benefits people obtain from ecosystems (3.14) including provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural services [SOURCE: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Ecosystems and Human Well-being Synthesis^[26]]

benefits provided by ecosystems that contribute to the viability and quality of human life

spatially and functionally coherent unit of agricultural activity that includes the living and non-living components involved in that unit as well as their interactions