ecosystem - CISMeF

Preferred Label : ecosystem;

MeSH definition : A functional system which includes the organisms of a natural community together with their environment. (McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed);

MeSH synonym : system, ecological; system, ecologic; ecosystems; systems, ecological; ecological system; ecological systems; ecologic system; systems, ecologic; ecologic systems;

MeSH hyponym : habitat; Ecological Niche; Habitats;

Related MeSH term : Biome; Biomes;

MeSH annotation : the specialty ECOLOGY is also available; specify geographic term if pertinent;

Wikipedia link supervised : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem;

Details

Origin ID

D017753;

UMLS CUI

C0162358;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- BIOM Format [NCIt concept]
- Biomes [UNESCO concept]
- Ecosystem [DeCS]
- Ecosystems [UNESCO concept]
- Habitat [DeCS]
- Habitat [FRANCIS theme]
- Habitats [UNESCO concept]
Record concept(s)
- Biome [MeSH concept]
- Niche, Ecological [MeSH concept]
- ecosystem [MeSH concept]
- habitat [MeSH concept]
See also
- Abiotic Factors [DeCS]
- Biogeochemical Cycle [DeCS]
- Biosphere [DeCS]
- Biotic Factors [DeCS]
- Green Belt [DeCS]
- ecology [MeSH Descriptor]
- environment [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Natural Phenomenon or Process [UMLS semantic type]

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