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Characteristics of Arid and Desert Ecosystems

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An ecosystem is simply defined as organisms and their environment. The term “ecosystem” implies an integral link between organisms and their non-living environment with interactions that mean they cannot live outside the specific environment.

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Jafari, M., Tavili, A., Panahi, F., Zandi Esfahan, E., Ghorbani, M. (2018). Characteristics of Arid and Desert Ecosystems. In: Reclamation of Arid Lands. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54828-9_2

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