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food chain

aspects of the ecosystem
Event biological_interaction Q159462
food chain
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Summary

food chain is a biological interaction[1]. It draws 5,827 Wikipedia views per month (biological interaction category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Al-Jahiz[3], Charles Sutherland Elton[4]
  • Part of: food web[5], ecosystem[6]
  • Commons category: Food chain[7]
  • Has part(s): trophic level[8], keystone species[9]
  • Described by source: Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15)[10], Биологический энциклопедический словарь[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[12]
  • Manifestation of: biological interaction[13], biological organisation[14]
  • Studied by: economics[15], biology[16], ecology[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]

Why It Matters

food chain has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Al-Jahiz biology ecology economics

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2fTR68
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0380614-potravni-retezce
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0380614-potravni-retezce, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → food web, ecosystem
    Instance of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4205399
    Aliases → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 12241, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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