Trophic interactions refer to the relationships and interactions between different organisms in a food chain or food web. It describes how organisms depend on each other for food and energy. For example, plants produce food through photosynthesis and are consumed by herbivores. Then, these herbivores are eaten by carnivores or omnivores. It's all about who eats whom in an ecosystem.
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Adam Ford, awarded for his essay in the category Ecology and Environment: «The Mechanistic Pathways of
Trophic Interactions in Human - Occupied Landscapes»
[29] The relative importance of top - down versus bottom - up control in kelp forest ecosystems and the strengths
of trophic interactions continue to be the subject of considerable scientific investigation.
We highlight episodes of climate change that have disrupted ecosystems and
trophic interactions over time scales ranging from years to millennia by changing species» relative abundances and geographic ranges, causing extinctions, and creating transient and novel communities dominated by generalist species and interactions.
Classic studies in kelp forest ecology have largely focused
on trophic interactions (the relationships between organisms and their food webs), particularly the understanding and top - down trophic processes.
Deciphering
the trophic interaction between Akkermansia muciniphila and the butyrogenic gut commensal Anaerostipes caccae using a metatranscriptomic approach — Loo Wee Chia — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Detection, sensor development,
trophic interactions and consequences, species distribution, shellfisheries management (relating to HABs), toxin detection.
- DFG — FOR 456 — The Role of Biodiversity for Element Cycling and
Trophic Interactions: An Experimental Approach in a Grassland Community
To make further significant progress in the future, ocean acidification research has to integrate the knowledge gained in its three diverging branches — addressing multiple stress factors, competitive and
trophic interactions, and adaptation through evolution.
Flowering times are well - documented indicators of the ecological effects of climate change and are linked to numerous ecosystem processes and
trophic interactions.
Alexander M. A., A. Capotondi, A. Miller, et al. (February 2008): Decadal variability in the northeast Pacific in a physical - ecosystem model: Role of mixed layer depth and
trophic interactions.