| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Ecosystem structure | Administration | (1) The physical elements and spatial arrangement of the living and nonliving elements within an Ecosystem. (2) Attributes related to instantaneous physical state of an ecosystem; examples include species population density, species richness or evenness, and standing crop Biomass. (references) | |
| Ecosystem structure | Environment | Pattern of the interrelations of organisms in time and in spatial arrangements. (Odum 1971, 8-9). (references) | |
| Ecosystem structure | Geology | The physical and spatial aspects of an ecosystem that are contributed by the biotic composition. Biotic composition is generally determined by the collective physiognomy of the dominant plants, including life forms, vertical stratification, and size. (references) | |
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