"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Food Chain" by people in Profiles.
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Elevated CO2, nutrition dilution, and shifts in Earth's insect abundance. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2024 Oct; 65:101255.
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Global patterns of allochthony in stream-riparian meta-ecosystems. Ecol Lett. 2024 Mar; 27(3):e14401.
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Electrolytes on the prairie: How urine-like additions of Na and K shape the dynamics of a grassland food web. Ecology. 2023 01; 104(1):e3856.
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A global synthesis of human impacts on the multifunctionality of streams and rivers. Glob Chang Biol. 2022 08; 28(16):4783-4793.
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Testing the role of body size and litter depth on invertebrate diversity across six forests in North America. Ecology. 2022 02; 103(2):e03601.
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Trophic differences regulate grassland food webs: herbivores track food quality and predators select for habitat volume. Ecology. 2021 09; 102(9):e03453.
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Energy pathways modulate the resilience of stream invertebrate communities to drought. J Anim Ecol. 2021 09; 90(9):2053-2064.
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Effects of agrochemical pollution on schistosomiasis transmission: a systematic review and modelling analysis. Lancet Planet Health. 2020 07; 4(7):e280-e291.
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The seventh macronutrient: how sodium shortfall ramifies through populations, food webs and ecosystems. Ecol Lett. 2020 Jul; 23(7):1153-1168.
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Bottom-up when it is not top-down: Predators and plants control biomass of grassland arthropods. J Anim Ecol. 2020 05; 89(5):1286-1294.