Editorial - International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology (2020) Volume 8, Issue 3
ECOSYSTEM- PART OF HUMAN BEING AND WORLD
Alexander Konstantinov*
Department of Systematic Entomology, National Museum of Natural, USA
- Corresponding Author:
- Alexander Konstantinov
Department of Systematic Entomology
National Museum of Natural, USA
Received: 9th July, 2020; Accepted: 21st July, 2020; Published: 28th July, 2020
Editorial Letter
An ecosystem is a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system. These biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Energy enters the system through photosynthesis and is incorporated into plant tissue. By feeding on plants and on one another, animals play an important role in the movement of matter and energy through the system. They also influence the quantity of plant and microbial biomass present. By breaking down dead organic matter, decomposers release carbon back to the atmosphere and facilitate nutrient cycling by converting nutrients stored in dead biomass back to a form that can be readily used by plants and other microbes.
Ecosystems are controlled by external and internal factors. External factors such as climate, parent material which forms the soil and topography, control the overall structure of an ecosystem but are not themselves influenced by the ecosystem. Unlike external factors, internal factors are controlled, for example, decomposition, root competition, shading, disturbance, succession, and the types of species present.
Ecosystems are dynamic entities—they are subject to periodic disturbances and are in the process of recovering from some past disturbance. Ecosystems in similar environments that are located in different parts of the world can end up doing things very differently simply because they have different pools of species present. Internal factors not only control ecosystem processes but are also controlled by them and are often subject to feedback loops.
Resource inputs are generally controlled by external processes like climate and parent material. Resource availability within the ecosystem is controlled by internal factors like decomposition, root competition or shading. Although humans operate within ecosystems, their cumulative effects are large enough to influence external factors like climate.
Biodiversity affects ecosystem functioning, as do the processes of disturbance and succession. Ecosystems provide a variety of goods and services upon which people depend.
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I would like to be the part of this Editorial team for the upcoming issues of 2020 too and would also like to show my gratitude towards the managing editor of the respective journal for accepting me as a suitable editor for this journal. It has been 4 years I am providing my editorial services to the journal and will continue to serve in future.