food web
UK/ˈfuːd wɛb/US/ˈfud wɛb/
food web noun: a diagram showing the organisms that eat other organisms in a particular ecosystem, predators being higher in the web than their prey; the network of interrelations that the diagram models.
Noun
food web (plural food webs)
- A diagram showing the organisms that eat other organisms in a particular ecosystem, predators being higher in the web than their prey; the network of interrelations that the diagram models.
- [T]he dynamic nature of rivers that flow westward from the peninsular range of San Diego county has been altered by man. […] Human modifications tend to alter the habitat values, water quality, flow regimes, and most importantly the food web by changing the trophic structure.1996 September, Adam W. Whelchel, “Coastal Natural Resources of Northern San Diego County”, in Tissa Munasinghe, Phil Rosenberg, editors, Geology and Natural Resources of Coastal San Diego County...
- No species exists in a vacuum. Rather, each species is embedded within a network of predator-prey interactions in what Charles Darwin referred to as an “entangled bank” and is now known in the most general sense as a food web. In its most basic form, a food web reveals to us something about the...2006, M. Jake Vander Zander, Julian D. Olden, Claudio Gratton, “Food-web Approaches in Restoration Ecology”, in Donald A. Falk, Margaret A. Palmer, Joy B. Zedler, editors, Foundations of Restoration...
- Synonyms:
- food cycle
food web meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Indonesian
food web in Tamil
- உணவுத்தொடர், உணவுப்பின்னல், கடைசியில் மீனுக்கு உணவாகும், நுண்ணுயிர் மிதவைகள் ஒன்றுக்கொன்று உணவாகி, உணவு வலை
food web in Kannada
- ಆಹಾರ ಜಾಲ
food web in Arabic
- diagram showing the organisms that eat other organisms in a particular ecosystem
- شبكة غذائية
food web in Indonesian
- diagram showing the organisms that eat other organisms in a particular ecosystem
- jaring-jaring makanan, siklus makanan
More languagesFewer languages
- food web in Thai
- สายใยอาหาร
- food web in Vietnamese
- lưới thức ăn
Examples of food web in a sentence
- Rather, each species is embedded within a network of predator-prey interactions in what Charles Darwin referred to as an “entangled bank” and is now known in the most general sense as a food web.2006, M. Jake Vander Zander, Julian D. Olden, Claudio Gratton, “Food-web Approaches in Restoration Ecology”, in Donald A. Falk, Margaret A....
- Thus, agricultural management may affect food web structure indirectly by altering local biodiversity.2012, William E. Snyder, Jason M. Tylianakis, “The Ecology of Biodiversity—Biocontrol Relationships”, in Geoff M. Gurr, Steve D. Wratten...
Synonyms of food web
- food cycle
Forms of food web
| plural | food webs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | foodweb |
Questions about food web
- What does food web mean?
- Food web means a diagram showing the organisms that eat other organisms in a particular ecosystem, predators being higher in the web than their prey; the network of interrelations that the diagram models.
- What is food web in Tamil?
- Food web in Tamil is உணவுத்தொடர், உணவுப்பின்னல், கடைசியில் மீனுக்கு உணவாகும். See Food web meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use food web in a sentence?
- Rather, each species is embedded within a network of predator-prey interactions in what Charles Darwin referred to as an “entangled bank” and is now known in the most general sense as a food web.
- What part of speech is food web?
- Food web is a noun.
- How do you pronounce food web?
- Food web is pronounced /ˈfuːd wɛb/ (UK).
- What is the plural of food web?
- The plural of food web is food webs.
Words near food web in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: food web (page history and authors); food web (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); food web (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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