This is true in many ways, but the temperate rainforest gives quite a vivid and immediate illustration of this issue because of the density of living systems there. "Living system" is quite a loaded concept here, I know, as everything is alive! But I'll try to build something nice-looking and interesting real quick before sweeping it all off of the table again.
Enduring resource piles one accumulates outside will quickly fill up with various forms of wildlife seeking refuge. Say, a pile of rocks, or a stack of lumber, will soon be filled with all manner of insects, reptiles, rodents, snakes, and the like if they sit for any kind of time. And then when one goes to retrieve those resources, all of those creatures are evicted in turn, fleeing in fear. The creatures are born in population waves with the seasons and environmental change, born on the run and seeking out energy and fleeting comfort, only to be agitated forth by some new disturbance. Like us too, no doubt.
For that matter, one has to make the habitation airtight, as every insect and rodent will eagerly seek out the warmth and food inside the enclosed space, which many of us moderns are loathe to share with said cohabitants. And anyway, they have different interests. Insulation, wiring, food stores, and all the like can quickly be destroyed.
A terrible sense of responsibility begins to emerge.
