all feeding relationships of organisms in an ecosystem.

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 herring, and sharks also eat tuna.

A network describing the feeding interactions of the species in an area, including production, consumption, decomposition, and the flow of energy.

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.

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The complete set of food links between species in a community; a diagram indicating which ones are the eaters and which are consumed.

How plants, predators and prey interact. The interaction of all food chains found in an ecological community.

The relationship of who eats whom in an ecosystem (formerly "food chain").

A set of inter-connected food chains, which describes who eats who and what. Most animals eat many different species of plants or other animals, and are also food for many different animals. A food web makes this clear by connecting each animal to many different prey species and many different predators. It is more complex, but usually a better description than a food chain.

The term food web refers to all the feeding relationships in an ecosystem. Defined as key term in Introduction to Biology 2.5.2 Ecosystems have a characteristic energy flow

summary of known feeding relationships in a biological community. A food web illustrates how each type of organism in a community is typically consumed by or consumes more than one other type of organism, and that different types of organisms compete for the same food sources.

Representation of feeding relationships in a community that includes all the links revealed by dietary analysis.

many interwoven food chains.

The feeding relationships of several to many species within a community in a given area during a particular time period. Two broad types are recognized: (1) grazing webs involving producers (e.g., algae), herbivores (e.g., copepods), and various combinations of carnivores and omnivores; and, (2) detritus webs involving scavengers, detritivores, and decomposers that feed on the dead remains or organisms from the grazing webs, as well as on their own dead. A food chain refers to organisms on different trophic levels, while a food web refers to a network of interconnected food chains.

Complex network of many interconnected food chains and feeding relationships. Compare food chain.

the whole group of interacting food chains in an ecological community

a complex network of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits (The students studied the food web at Absegami Lake)

A complex, interlocking set of pathways that food energy takes in passing from producer to consumers to decomposers in an ecosystem.

the complex and interlocking series of FOOD CHAINS.

Many connected food chains that exhibit the relationships of all predators to all prey constitute a food web.

A complex of branching, joining or diverging food chains that connect together the various populations in an ecosystem.

the interconnected feeding relationships in an ecosystem. These relationships can be complex; some organisms may feed on more than one trophic level, or changes may occur depending on a species' life history stages or the availability of food.

a group of several food chains that are connected Plankton is an important part of the ocean food web.

A community food chain depicting which species feed on each other and how many interrelationships are involved.

A complex, interconnected pattern of food chains.

The structure of food flow through an ecosystem.

an interdependent and interconnecting pattern of producer and consumers, predator and prey.

a schematic depiction of the feeding interactions in a community

a group of interrelated food chains.

The network of organisms in an ecosystem that moves food energy from producers (plants) through several layers of consumers (animals).

diagram showing all feeding relationships in a given community.

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

a complex arrangement of food chains

a complex of feeding relationships (food chains) in a community

a complicated system of relationships between plants, animals, and energy

a diagram illus

a diagram illustrating the feeding

a diagram that combines food chains to show these connections

a diagram that explains the feeding relationships between different plants and animals in an ecosystem

a larger, more complex system

a model that shows all the possible feeding relationships between

a more complete way of showing food relationships

a more complex model of feeding relationships that includes many interconnected food chains

a more detailed look at an ecosystem than a food chain

a more realistic model of energy flow, which demonstrates how food chains combine

an animal storage product that accumulates in the exoskeleton of insects and other arthropods

an ecological concept to molecules (monomers) that are linked to atherosclerosis, hardening of the atom

an ecological concept to trace energy flow through an ecosystem

an enormous chart to try and show all the feeding relationships in a single ecosystem/community

an objective, thermonuclear power plants

an overview of which species in an environment consume which species (plant, animal or both)

a number of interconnected food chains

a pictorial representation of the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem and consists of interlocking food chains

a (sometimes complex) dependency between all the producers and consumers in an ecosystem which can be depicted in a diagram showing all the different species and their interdependencies

a system in which certain organisms consume other organisms, plant or animal, to form a sustainable system in which species will be in balance and will not experience overpopulation

Interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

food web is more complex than a food chain. A food web is made up of many food chains, linked together and branching. It's more like real life, because it shows how energy can take many different paths. The cottontail rabbit in the food chain example (above) is not only prey to the coyote; bobcats, rattlesnakes, and other animals eat cottontails, too.

The complex association of plants and animals in nature whereby organisms are interconnected because they are sources of food for one another. At the base of the wood web are green plants and bacteria which supply food for small animals. Larger animals eat smaller animals as well as plants. Detritovores recycle nutrients by breaking down decaying plants and animals.

A food web is the interaction of food chains. Food chains, which involve a direction from lower to higher ordered organisms, interact with one another in nature and form webs. These webs are more complex then chains as different organisms cross over into other chains and complicate the flow of energy from one species to another.

an interlocking pattern of food chains.

a complex network of many interconnected feeding relationships; a more realistic portrayal of energy flow than a food chain

all relationships and interconnections between the different species of a community.

All of the interlinked food chains in a community or an ecosystem

A complex pattern of interacting food chains.

a group of plant and animal life whose nutritional needs are provided by one another

diagram showing what eats what in a habitat

the complete set of food links between species in an ecosystem; a diagram illustrating which species feed upon which.

the complex and interlocking networks of food chains within ecosystems where plants and animals coexist and depend on one another for energy needs.

network of food chains in an ecosystem.

a diagram of the flow of energy through an ecosystem. At the base of this diagram are plants. Some animals eat plants and get energy from them. Other animals eat the plant-eating animals. When any organism—plant or animal—dies, its body starts to decay or rot. Microscopic organisms, insects, worms, and other decomposers break down this rotting matter and return its elements to the soil. Plants then take the nutrients from the soil, and the cycle continues.

community of living things may contain hundreds of different species involved in thousands of different food chains. Different food chains often interconnect to form a large network, called a food web.

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Shows what a group of fish, animals and organisms eats—often multiple species—and how energy is passed from one group to another.

The complex arrangement of who-eats-who in an ecosystem. Food chains are linked together to form food webs.

The dependence for food of organisms upon one another, beginning with plants and ending with the largest carnivores.

the pattern created when many food chains join together at common links.

more complex than a food chain but made up of the same levels (It consists of several food chains all on the same diagram.)

Interconnected food chains, each consisting of a sequence of organisms eaten by organisms higher in the chain

a group of integrated food chains

scheme of feeding relationships, resembling a web, which unite the member species of a biological community, and within which species may occupy different positions during their lives.

An interlocking system of food chains. Since few animals rely on a single food source and since no food source is consumed exclusively by a single species of animal, the separate food chains in any natural community interlock and form a web.

A food web is a way to map out relationships between predators and prey. For example, a salmon, the predator, depends on eating other fish, the prey, to stay alive. Now imagine writing down what the other fish in the lake eat for food, such as algae and other fish. By linking all of these relationships together we create a food "web" that accounts for the food of every living organism in the lake.

a model of who eats what. A complex network of relationships between organisms that depend on one another for food. All the food chains in a community make up the food web.

The totality of interacting food chains in an ecological community; interacting food chains in an ecological community.

The complex intermeshing of individual food chains in an ecosystem.

The interconnected group of organisms through which energy, in the form of food, is passed. An entire food web includes all the interconnected feeding relationships in an ecosystem.

a diagrammatic representation of the complete set of trophic (pertaining to feeding or nutrition) relationships of an organism.

Network of interconnected food chains and feeding interactions among organisms.

an arrangement that shows all the food chains in an ecosystem and how they overlap

A network of interrelated food chains.

The sun's energy is absorbed by plants. This energy is then used by animals that eat plants. Meat eating animals get their energy from eating plant-eaters or other meat eaters.

A diagram showing the connections among everything that organisms in a location eat and are eaten by. A food web is more complex than a food chain, by showing more connections.

a representation of the linkages between food chains in a community.

The many interconnected food chains of a biological community.

Complex network of many interrelated food chains and feeding relationships.

An interconnection of many food chains.

interconnected feeding relationship of who eats whom in an ecosystem, starting with autotrophs - algae and plants - and ending with the carnivores, the final heterotrophs, in the system; many species eat many other species, so it is more like a web rather than a food chain.

a food web consists of many food chains within an ecosystem.

complex network of feeding relationships in an ecosystem.

the concept that each species has a number of food sources that are useful to it, but those useful sources overlap because they may also be useful to any number of other species living in the same area, creating web-like relationships

a complex network of many food chains.

Interlinked food chains within a habitat

the pattern of food consumption in a natural ecosystem. A food web is composed of many interconnecting food chains.

complex interaction of food chains in a biological community

The rather linear food chains (from plants through herbivores and carnivores) tend to be woven into a complex food web, where energy is transferred to all different levels.

food chains hooked together into a complex interconnected web.

A network describing the feeding interactions of all the animals in an area.

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

Interconnected food chains in a community; an abstract representation of the various pathways of energy flow through populations in a community.

The network of interconnected food chains of a community.

interrelated food chains of an ecosystem whereby energy, in the form of food, is passed from one living thing to another

A map depicting the feeding relationships within an area, consisting of a number of food chains

a group of interlocking food chains.

The network of trophic relationships in an ecosystem; a complex network of food chain interactions.

n: The combination of all the feeding relationships that exist in an ecosystem. Most prey species are eaten by many differet predators, and most predators eat more than one prey item. As a result, a picture of a trophic system with lines (representing ecological relationships) drawn between predators and prey soon resembles an intricate web.

the flow of energy from the sun to primary producers to primary consumers to secondary and tertiary consumers; an interlocking group of food chains. G - J

A food chain is is the sequence of who eats whom in a biological community (an ecosystem) to obtain nutrition. A food web is all of the interactions between predators and prey in which plants and animals obtain food in an ecoystem. The web starts with plants or other autotrophs (organisms that make their own food from light and/or chemical energy) that are eaten by herbivores (plant-eaters). The herbivores are eaten by carnivores (meat-eaters). These are eaten by other carnivores. When any organism dies, it is eaten by tiny microbes (detrivores) and the exchange of energy continues.

The feeding relationships by which energy and nutrients are transferred from one species to another.