Food web

Food web

The interconnection of all food chains in an ecosystem. Food web diagrams emphasise the circular complexity of feeding relationships.

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food web

Biology; Cell biology

A complex network of feeding interrelations among species in a natural ecosystem; more accurate and more complex depiction of energy þow than a food chain.

food web

Biology; Marine biology

A non-linear network of feeding between organisms that includes many food chains, and hence multiple organisms on each trophic level. For example, both sharks and tuna eat ...

food web

Biology; Biodiversity

A group of food chains that are connected to each other in various ways within an ecosystem.

food web

Earth science; Soil science

Diagram of interconnections of nutrient flow in soil ecosystems through food chains.

food web

Environment; Environmental policy

(Food Pyramid) The complex and interlocking series of food chains. A given organism may obtain nourishment from many different types of organisms in a food web. The biomass and ...

food web

Geography; Physical geography

A model describing the organisms found in a food chain. Food webs describe the complex patterns of energy flow in an ecosystem by modeling who consumes who.

ecosystem

Biology; Ecology

A biotic system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms in a particular area with their environments, is named as ecosystem.

climax

Biology; Ecology

The steady, end stage in ecological evolution of a variety of plant and animal species is termed as climax.

ground water

Biology; Ecology

Ground water, as opposed to surface water, is water that does not run off, and is not taken up by plants, but soaks down into an aquifer; a supply of fresh water under the earth’s ...

manure

Biology; Ecology

Animal wastes that are added to soil as a fertilizer. Manure is usually made from the wastes of horse, cow, and chicken.

ecology

Biology; Ecology

The scientific study of the relationships between living things and their environments is called ecology.

habitat

Biology; Ecology

An organism's native environment.

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