food web
11food web — Ecol. a series of organisms related by predator prey and consumer resource interactions; the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecological community. Also called food cycle. [1960 65] * * * …
12food web — n. food chain, pyramid shaped structure illustrating the feeding order in nature wherein each organism feeds upon the next lowest creature, feeding relationships between predators and prey wherein animals and plants get food in an ecosystem …
13food web — noun Date: 1949 the totality of interacting food chains in an ecological community …
14food web — A network of many interlinked food chains, encompassing primary producers, consumers, decomposers, and detritivores …
15Soil food web — The soil food web is the community of organisms living all or part of their lives in the soil. It describes a complex living system in the soil and how it interacts with the environment, plants, and animals. Introduction Food webs describe the… …
16Microbial food web — The microbial food web refers the combined trophic interactions among microbes in aquatic environments. These microbes include viruses, bacteria, algae, heterotrophic protists (such as ciliates and flagellates). In aquatic environments, microbes… …
17Food chain — Food chains, also called, food networks and/or trophic networks, describe the feeding relationships between species within an ecosystem. Organisms are connected to the organisms they consume by arrows representing the direction of biomass or… …
18food cycle — n. Ecol. FOOD WEB * * * …
19food chain — food web, pyramid shaped structure illustrating the feeding order in nature wherein each organism feeds upon the next lowest creature, feeding relationships between predators and prey wherein animals and plants get food in an ecosystem;… …
20food cycle — n. Ecol. FOOD WEB …
