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tertiary consumer

n.
An organism that feeds on secondary consumers in a food chain.
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Although our laboratory and in situ observations have yielded intriguing insights into the trophic dynamics of these two species, evaluating the nature of this relationship will require further in-depth experimentation to elucidate how and to which extent this relationship may shape the function of coral reef ecosystems.
(1997) also found similar effects on trophic dynamics in response to risk and predator spiders, and Beckerman et al.
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The NSU study, published this year, appears to be the first ever to compare the trophic dynamics (food web) and feeding ecology of these pelagics.
38 WILDLIFE TROPHIC DYNAMICS AND IMPLICATIONS IN AN URBAN NATURE PRESERVE
The third part goes deepest into mechanisms influencing population and trophic dynamics and how to translate them into a useful model.
However, application on a local scale to infer effects of habitat differences on trophic dynamics has been limited, particularly in the study of Indiana fishes.
(2003) described the trophic dynamics of the Canadian Arctic from extensive field data and found the system to be largely top-down for small and mid-sized herbivores.
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