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Food web

A food web is an interconnection of food chains that represents a complex feeding relationship within a community.



Definitions in the literature

  • a representation of the complex feeding relationships within a community, including many organisms at various trophic level, with many of the consumers occupying more than one level simultaneously [1].
  • A system of food chains that are linked with one another [2].