EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Sir Arthur George Tansley coined the term Ecosystem in 1935.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sir Arthur G. Tansley coined the term ecosystem in 1935. From New Phytologist 55: 145, 1956.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tansley founded the New Phytologist in 1902 and served as its editor until 1931. He was a pioneer of the science of ecology in Britain, being heavily influenced by the work of Danish botanist Eugenius Warming, and introduced the concept of the ecosystem into biology.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term ecosystem was used for the first time by Arthur Tansley in 1935. Tansley through his works devised the concept of importance of transfer of materials that takes place between the organisms and their surroundings.

Detailed explanation-5: -Word ecosystem was first coined by Tansley in 1935 and previously the term ‘biocoenosis’ was used.