Individually, many of these environmental effects may be relatively small in terms of their overall ecosystem and monetary importance, particularly in the near-term.

Right Relationship by Brown and Garver, discusses the urgent need for achieving an economy that is recognized to be a subsidiary of the overall ecosystem of the planet.

She had devoted every waking hour to praying and studying how to serve the sentient forest, how to become an integral part in Theroc's overall ecosystem.

As we have matured in this, we are spending a lot more time in the overall ecosystem.

It is thought that the geese prefer the overall ecosystem that hosts the grass, rather than favoring the grass itself.

Because the California plan offers assurance that the overall ecosystem will be protected, it is less important to protect every little piece of property.

The frequency with which panda fossils are being found at Gray Fossil Site suggests the species played a large role in the overall ecosystem of the area.

Poor farming practices near streams could be contributing sediments and large amounts of nutrients into streams inhabited by slender madtoms and other species that make the overall ecosystem uninhabitable.

Worm acknowledges that his approach can be improved, but says, "The whole point of our paper was to aggregate species to communities to see what the overall ecosystem is doing."

I'd say they're related in the sense of being part of the overall ecosystem of the Orion Arm.