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Encyclopedia > Ecosystem engineer

An ecosystem engineer is any organism that modifies its own ecosystem. An organism can modify its own ecosystem either by altering its own state or by altering the state of another organism or physical structure. Humans are the most prominent example, but many others exist; consider the beaver.


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Ecology - New World Encyclopedia Preview (5072 words)
The ecosystem is composed of two entities, the entirety of life (the community, or biocoenosis) and the medium that life exists in (the biotope).
Within the ecosystem, species are connected and dependent upon one another in the food chain, and exchange energy and matter between themselves and with their environment.
In an ecosystem, the connections between species are generally related to food and their role in the food chain.
Ecosystem engineer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (264 words)
An ecosystem engineer is any organism that creates or modifies habitats.
Beavers are archetypal ecosystem engineers; in the process of clearcutting and damming, beavers alter their ecosystem extensively.
The zebra mussel is an ecosystem engineer in North America.
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