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food web

A complex of interrelated food chains in an ecological community. Also called food cycle.

food web

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) a combination of food chains that integrate to form a network

food web

See under food chain.

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food web - (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

food cycle

bionomics, environmental science, ecology - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

organic phenomenon - (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals

food chain - (ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member

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Written by lifelong gardeners Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis, Teaming With Microbes: A Gardener's guide to the Soil Food Web is a guide to using natural means to enrich the nutrients in soil and therefore the plants that grow in it, such as compost, mulches, and compost teas, rather than harshly toxic artificial fertilizers that destroy the very microbes that sustain healthy plants, therefore making plants increasingly dependent artificial nourishment.

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