It was in 1935 that Arthur Tansley, the British ecologist, coined the term ecosystem, the interactive system established between the biocoenosis (the group of living creatures), and their biotope, the environment in which they live.
I 1935 var det Arthur Tansley, den britiske økolog, der skabte begrebetøkosystem: Det gensidige system, der opstår mellem biocønosen (gruppen af levende væsner) og deres biotop (det miljø, de lever i).