<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">ecosystem health</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>environmental concepts</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>ecological health</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>health, ecosystem</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ The consideration of complex ecological environments as systems, rather than as assemblages of individual species. The well-being of an ecosystem depends on the functioning of its parts, and on higher-order phenomena such as population dynamics, community structure, and landscape processes. ]]></note></mads>