Concept: food chain in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/3358
Preferred label food chain
Definition A sequence of organisms on successive trophic levels within a community, through which energy is transferred by feeding; energy enters the food chain during fixation by primary producers (mainly green plants) and passes to the herbivores (primary consumers) and then to the carnivores (secondary and tertiary consumers).
Notation
Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
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Alternative label
  • elika-kate [eu]
  • elika-sare [eu]
  • kate trofiko [eu]
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