removing dead organisms from an ecosystem causes available nutrients to be removed from that ecosystem
dead_tree is dead_organism. organism_nutrition is biological_energy_transfer. living_organism_killing is killing. heterotrophic_nutrient_assimilation is organism_nutrition. destitute is lacking_food_or_shelter. dead_living_organism is dead_organism. dead_living_organism is organic_matter. biome is ecosystem. dead_organism is former_living_thing. dead_living_organism is natural_inanimate_thing.