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Why are crop fields known as artificial ecosystems?

Artificial ecosystems are those ecosystems which are not natural but created by human or are human-made. Artificial ecosystems are created by human interventions. Crop field are not grown naturally, instead they are grown by human. So, crop fields are known as artificial ecosystems and not natural ecosystems.


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