"Food Chain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The sequence of transfers of matter and energy from organism to organism in the form of FOOD. Food chains intertwine locally into a food web because most organisms consume more than one type of animal or plant. PLANTS, which convert SOLAR ENERGY to food by PHOTOSYNTHESIS, are the primary food source. In a predator chain, a plant-eating animal is eaten by a larger animal. In a parasite chain, a smaller organism consumes part of a larger host and may itself be parasitized by smaller organisms. In a saprophytic chain, microorganisms live on dead organic matter.
| Descriptor ID |
D020387
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.500.275.157.250 N06.230.124.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Food Chain- Food Chain
- Chain, Food
- Chains, Food
- Food Chains
Saprophytic Chain- Saprophytic Chain
- Chain, Saprophytic
- Chains, Saprophytic
- Saprophytic Chains
Predator Chain- Predator Chain
- Chain, Predator
- Chains, Predator
- Predator Chains
Parasite Chain- Parasite Chain
- Chain, Parasite
- Chains, Parasite
- Parasite Chains
Food Web- Food Web
- Food Webs
- Web, Food
- Webs, Food
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Food Chain" by people in Profiles.
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Adaptive multi-paddock grazing management's influence on soil food web community structure for: increasing pasture forage production, soil organic carbon, and reducing soil respiration rates in southeastern USA ranches. PeerJ. 2022; 10:e13750.
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Growth, survivorship, and predator avoidance capability of larval shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in response to delayed feeding. PLoS One. 2021; 16(3):e0247768.
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Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests. BMC Biol. 2020 10 19; 18(1):142.
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Farming system and wheat cultivar affect infestation of, and parasitism on, Cephus cinctus in the Northern Great Plains. Pest Manag Sci. 2018 Nov; 74(11):2480-2487.
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Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Prevalence and Bloodmeal Analysis in Triatomine Vectors of Chagas Disease From Rural Peridomestic Locations in Texas, 2013-2014. J Med Entomol. 2016 Jul; 53(4):911-918.
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Olfaction Modulates Reproductive Plasticity through Neuroendocrine Signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans. Curr Biol. 2015 Aug 31; 25(17):2284-9.
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Microbial gardening in the ocean's twilight zone: detritivorous metazoans benefit from fragmenting, rather than ingesting, sinking detritus: fragmentation of refractory detritus by zooplankton beneath the euphotic zone stimulates the harvestable production of labile and nutritious microbial biomass. Bioessays. 2014 Dec; 36(12):1132-7.
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Allometric scaling of indirect effects: body size ratios predict non-consumptive effects in multi-predator systems. J Anim Ecol. 2014 Nov; 83(6):1461-8.
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Reconciliation of the carbon budget in the ocean's twilight zone. Nature. 2014 Mar 27; 507(7493):480-3.
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The making of a productivity hotspot in the coastal ocean. PLoS One. 2011; 6(11):e27874.