Ecosystem: A community of plants, animals and other organisms that are linked by energy and nutrient flows and that interact with each other and with the physical environment.
(plants, animals and other organisms; are linked; by energy and nutrient flows) (plants, animals and other organisms; interact; with each other and with the physical environment)
plants, animals and other organisms plants, animals and other organisms
are linked interact
by energy and nutrient flows
with each other and with the physical environment