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The term 'ecosystem' was coined by:

AHaeckel

BMayer

COdum

DTransley

Answer:

D. Transley

Read Explanation:

  • Sir Arthur George Tansley coined the term Ecosystem in 1935.

  • An Oxford Ecologist and founder of New Phytologist, a botanical magazine, he was also the first president of the British Ecological Society.


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