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    Who among the following proposed the term ‘ecosystem’?
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    Who among the following proposed the term ‘ecosystem’?

    A.

    AG Tansely

    B.

    Grinnel

    C.

    Lindeman

    D.

    Turreson

    Correct option is A

    An ecosystem is the basic ecological unit in which living organisms interact among themselves and with their surrounding physical environment.
     The term ecosystem was proposed by Sir A.G. Tansley in the year 1935.
     A.G. Tansley first used the word ecosystem in his well-known paper on vegetational concepts and terms.
     The word 'biocoenosis' was used before that.

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