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biosphere > ecology > synecology > food chain
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food chain  

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  • A sequence of organisms on successive trophic levels within a community, through which energy is transferred by feeding; energy enters the food chain during fixation by primary producers (mainly green plants) and passes to the herbivores (primary consumers) and then to the carnivores (secondary and tertiary consumers).

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http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/3358

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