An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment (things like air, water and mineral soil), interacting as a system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem
Components of an Ecosystem
(Organisation or Structural aspect of an ecosystem)
An ecosystem comprises of two basic components
i) Abiotic components and
ii) Biotic components
The relationship between the biotic components and abiotic components of an ecosystem is called 'holocoenosis'.
http://www.tutorvista.com/content/biology/biology-iv/ecosystem/ecosystem-components.php
Ecosystem includes living organisms (Biotic) and the nonliving components of their environment ( air, water,soil) (Abiotic).
Components: 1. Biotic 2. Abiotic
Ecosystem includes everything around us, both living as well as non-living beings. Animals, plants, insects, birds, human beings, air, water, wind, soil, etc. Nature keeps everything in balance proportion on the earth, to provide us good ecosystem. Any disbalance in the system leds to automatic natural disaster. Food chain, life cycle and weather cycle are the main features of the ecosystem.
