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The world in which we live consists of living organisms and non-living structures. Often, relationships between organisms or between organisms and non-living structures are clearly visible. The science of ecology in its pure form studies the relationships of organisms with their environment. “Organisms” means all living entities; this definition excludes relationships between non-living entities as a possible object of study for ecology. The term “environment” is meant in the sense of “the surrounding world,” i.e., all entities, living or not, which surround a living entity. Thus for a grazing rabbit the environment includes for example other rabbits, grass, soil and weather.
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van der Ploeg, S.W.F. (1982). Basic Concepts of Ecology. In: The Natural Environment and the Biogeochemical Cycles. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 1 / 1B. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-38597-4_1
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