When definitions do not sufficiently address one's need to learn and understand more, then fuel for further inquiry is often most appreciated. These three links are offered to provide such fuel for scholars whose work can help generate and disseminate ecosystem-sensible know-how, now:
with thanks, to the folks at: www.dp.biology.dal.ca/reports/ecosystem.html
with thanks, to the folks at: http://weberstudies.weber.edu/archive/archive%20C%20Vol.%2016.2-18.1/Vol.%2017.2/Oleschlaeger.htm
"A Critique of Traditional Inquiry & A Systems-Oriented Suggestion":
with thanks, to Bela Banathy and his "Systems Design of Education", 1991