Talk:Terrestrial ecosystem

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Potential Problems with this Article

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• Under Types, 1 Paragraph -> "should name the type of ecosystem"
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OkayKenji (talk) 04:42, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Article review (July 2021)

I have been working on the article ecosystem and now I am looking at this one and finding it so much worse! There is a lot of unsourced content and this sentence is also wrong (those are biomes, aren't they?): Six primary terrestrial ecosystems exist: tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, tropical rain forest, grassland, deserts.. I am wondering how to deal with this article. About 90% of the relevant content will be at ecosystem anyhow and should not be duplicated here. Perhaps just a very short definition and then tell people that for more detail they should read the ecosystem article (that one is actually mostly about terrestrial systems anyhow, as is evidenced by citing the book by Chapin et al. (2011) 60 times which is called "Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology". EMsmile (talk) 09:10, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

I think that the only way to deal with this article is to keep it very brief. If we were to build it up, it would invariably overlap a lot with ecosystem. So I have shortened it now. I also applied the advice that I received from Terry Chapin by e-mail:

1. "I looked briefly at the terrestrial ecosystem sub-article. I feel that wikipedia often backs itself into a corner by trying to define things more precisely than they are defined by practitioners in a field. Ecologists, vegetation scientists, and geologists would probably each use different ecosystem classifications, as would Alaskan and Russian experts in tundra vegetation. Sometimes there are concerted efforts to agree on a single common classification—usually when people are trying to map the distribution of ecosystems at broad scales. This involves extensive discussions that deal with scales at which ecosystems should be defined and mapped and the criteria chosen for distinguishing among ecosystems. Since plant species vary continuously in their distribution rather than having sharp boundaries, it becomes somewhat arbitrary as to what name you attach to any particular spot on a landscape or seascape. However, these complications strike me as more detailed than the types of issues that wikipedia could concisely describe.
2. It strikes me as arbitrary to say that there are six primary terrestrial ecosystems. What is meant by “primary”? Why exactly 6 systems? What is meant by “terrestrial” (non-aquatic or non-marine?). Also some ecosystems are sometimes wet and sometimes dry (coastal marshes, floodplain wetlands), and they intergrade continuously with one another, so even the distinction between aquatic and terrestrial is not entirely clearcut. Different experts would give you different answers, depending on their background and reason for classification.
3. The section on types of terrestrial ecosystems also seems overly prescriptive/dogmatic in its definition of types. I doubt that many “experts" would agree with this section. Can it be deleted? I can see why people might want this level of detail for deserts or tropical rainforests, but I can’t see why they would expect a discussion of types for terrestrial ecosystems.
4. The first paragraph in the section on organisms seems reasonable, although perhaps not as well-written as other wikipedia sections. The second paragraph applies equally to terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and is described more clearly in other wikipedia sections." EMsmile (talk) 05:44, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

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Wiki Education assignment: Sustainable Futures

This article is currently the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 22 January 2024 and 10 May 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Nataliaalvarez583 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Megwalton.

— Assignment last updated by Acuna035 (talk) 05:00, 1 April 2024 (UTC) The lead is a great start. So far, I would definitely add something about the abiotic and biotic elements because I see that isn’t mentioned. The lead includes an intro sentence that highlights the topic, however I would also talk about how the terrestrial ecosystem is determined in the second paragraph (temperature, precipitation, soil types and light received. More information should also be added to mention the other sections- and more/other sections should be added/added onto where the article mentions “… are also important than some terrestrial systems,” expand on a little more, and includes sources regarding the diversity of terrestrial ecosystems. I would love to hear the different classifications of species from other terrestrial ecosystems. I understand terrestrial ecosystems could be a wetland, since they are both terrestrial, and an aquatics ecosystem, if you could research that maybe. This is a great article to alter and better, nonetheless- great job so far! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Megwalton (talk • contribs) 19:22, 31 March 2024 (UTC)