At only the second step of what we may call a food-web, we find the black bass related to every class of animals, to many plants and to decaying materials in the mud of the lake bottom.
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food webNahrungsnetz (ger.)
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A system of overlapping and interdependent food chains. (OED)
- 1932
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Allee, W.C. (1932). Animal Life and Social Growth: 8.
- 1939
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The web-of-life is also concerned with food chain, food web and food pyramid relationships.
Allee, W.C. & Park, T. (1939). Concerning ecological principles. Science 89, 166-169: 168.
- 1966
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Food web complexity
Paine, R.T. (1966). Food web complexity and species diversity. Amer. Nat. 100, 65-75.
- 1982
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food web The network of interconnected food chains of a community; food cycle; food nexe.
Lincoln, R.J., Boxshall, G.A. & Clark, P.F. (1982). A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics: 95.