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food web

Summary

food web ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,088 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • food web is a type of consumer–resource interactions[2].
  • food web's Commons category is recorded as Food chain[3].
  • food web comprises food chain[4].
  • food web comprises autotroph[5].
  • food web comprises heterotroph[6].
  • food web's facet of is recorded as ecological community[7].
  • food web's has characteristic is recorded as trophic level[8].
  • food web's studied by is recorded as trophic ecology[9].
  • food web's significant person is recorded as Charles Sutherland Elton[10].
  • food web's significant person is recorded as Raymond Lindeman[11].
  • food web's significant person is recorded as Charles Darwin[12].
  • food web's significant person is recorded as John Bruckner[13].

Body

Definition and Type

food web is a type of consumer–resource interactions[2].

Use and Application

Components include food chain[4], a biological interaction[14]; autotroph[5], a primary nutritional group[15]; and heterotroph[6], a primary nutritional group[16].

Why It Matters

food web ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,088 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Charles Darwin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → ecological community
    Aliases → —
    Has part(s) → food chain, autotroph, heterotroph
    Subclass of → consumer–resource interactions
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 22082, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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