Question
What do you understand by the term ‘food web’ ? Give examples.
Solution
A food web is the natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation of what-eats-what in an ecological community.
For example a mouse feeding on grain may be eaten by different secondary consumers (carnivores) and these carnivores may be eaten by another set of different tertiary consumers.
For example a mouse feeding on grain may be eaten by different secondary consumers (carnivores) and these carnivores may be eaten by another set of different tertiary consumers.
