Functions of an Ecosystem:
✦ Energy Flow: Sunlight is captured by producers (plants) and transferred through the food chain, supporting all life forms.
✦ Nutrient Cycling: Essential nutrients like carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus are recycled through processes like decomposition and respiration.
✦ Biogeochemical cycles: Thorugh this process chemical elements and compounds are moved and transformed between the Earth’s living and nonliving parts.
✦ Ecological Balance: Interactions among organisms maintain population control and environmental stability.
✦ Ecological Succession: Over time, plant and animal communities in an area are replaced or changed into another community.
✦ Support Services: Ecosystems provide critical services like pollination, seed dispersal, and soil formation.
✦ Regulation Services: They regulate climate, control pests, and purify air and water.
✦ Habitat Provision: Ecosystems provide shelter and breeding grounds for a wide variety of species.
