Understanding Ecosystems: Structure and Function


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• What is an Ecosystem?
• Where does one start and another begin? How does one distinguish between ecosystems?
• What do they do?
• What happens when ecosystems are degraded?  How does one even tell if ecosystem functions are diminished?

• National Ecosystem Mapping
• Biomes Defined
• Interactive Biome Map
• Exploring Biomes
• EPA Student Center
• World Atlas.com

Relevant information about plant (and fungal) life on earth:

• Will Franklin's Plant and Fungi Key for Biology Courtyard
  
• Plant Systematics Collection, from the University of Wisconsin
  
• Plantae: Systematics, from the University of California, Berkelely
• Plant Identification and Resoursces, USDA resource home page
• Fungal Photography, Taylor Lockwood's Digital Gallery.
• Fungal Image Gallery, from the University of Califonia, Berkelely