trophic levels
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006534
A description of community structure based on the relationship between the production, consumption, and decomposition of energy (food) by organisms. Primary producers such as algae, herbivores such as deer, and carnivores such as wolves represent three different trophic levels.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-006534 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment |
| References | US Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | food webs; energy flow; community structure; food chain transfer; energy transfer; food chain; host range; feeding behavior; nutrition |
| Translations | Spanish: niveles tróficos |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-AGR-006534",
"term": "trophic levels",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "A description of community structure based on the relationship between the production, consumption, and decomposition of energy (food) by organisms. Primary producers such as algae, herbivores such as deer, and carnivores such as wolves represent three different trophic levels.",
"subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
"see_also": [
"food webs",
"energy flow",
"community structure",
"food chain transfer",
"energy transfer",
"food chain",
"host range",
"feeding behavior",
"nutrition"
],
"references": [
"US Environmental Protection Agency",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "niveles tróficos"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/trophic-levels/"
}
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