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NEET 2016
Exam
NEET
Year
2016
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Ecosystem

NEET 2016 · Botany · Ecosystem

The term ecosystem was coined by:

The term ecosystem was coined by:

Options

  1. AE.P. Odum
  2. BA.G. Tansley
  3. CE. Haeckel
  4. DE. Warming

Correct answer

B. A.G. Tansley

Step-by-step solution

The term ecosystem was coined by A.G. Tansley in 1935. He defined an ecosystem as 'a particular category of physical systems, consisting of organisms and inorganic components in a relatively stable equilibrium, open and of various sizes and kinds.

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