Artificial ecosystems

thumb|upright=1.35|Maize grown under Faidherbia albida and [[Borassus akeassii near Banfora, Burkina Faso ]] Agroforestry (also known as agro-sylviculture or forest farming) is a land use management system that integrates trees with crops or pasture. It combines agricultural and forestry technologies. As a polyculture system, an agroforestry system can produce timber and wood products, fruits, nuts, other edible plant products, edible mushrooms, medicinal plants, ornamental plants, animals and animal products, and other products from both domesticated and wild species.

artificial closed ecological system

ecosystem that does not exchange matter with the exterior

trademark sealed blown-glass miniature aquaria

thumb|right|Lampenflora in the Kubacher Kristallhöhle thumb|Moss in the UNESCO World Heritage Cave Hohler Fels