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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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006534
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
ReferencesUS Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsofood webs; energy flow; community structure; food chain transfer; energy transfer; food chain; host range; feeding behavior; nutrition
TranslationsSpanish: 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/"
}

Record 6,534 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.