Ecology
Check this out! A Wild Kratts episode on Food Webs
Attached is a copy of the Biome Book Breakdown
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What are detritivores? detritivore (d-trt-vôr)
An organism that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or
animal matter, returning essential nutrients to the ecosystem. Detritivores
include microorganisms such as bacteria and protists as well as larger organisms
such as fungi, insects, worms, and isopod crustaceans. In a food chain,
detritivores are primary consumers.
An organism that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or
animal matter, returning essential nutrients to the ecosystem. Detritivores
include microorganisms such as bacteria and protists as well as larger organisms
such as fungi, insects, worms, and isopod crustaceans. In a food chain,
detritivores are primary consumers.
What comes after tertiary consumers?
quaternary, quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary, denary
However, food chains rarely go above quaternary. There is simply not enough energy to support that many animals.
quaternary, quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary, denary
However, food chains rarely go above quaternary. There is simply not enough energy to support that many animals.
There are lots of other -vores
I mentioned insectivore when talking about our lizard Suzan. Hawksbill sea turtles are spongivores because they eat sponges in the ocean.
Most other -vores are grouped under the big three Herb- Carni- and Omni-
Suzan would be considered a carnivore unless we wanted to be more specific, then she would be called an insectivore.
The list below came from Wikipedia, which I know is not always a reliable source and I do not recommend it for research papers, but for lists such as
this, it is fine.
Araneophagy - eating spiders
Avivore - eating birds Durophagy - eating hard-shelled or exoskeleton bearing organisms
Haematophagy - eating blood
Myrmecophagy - eating ants and/or termites
Keratophagy or Ceratophagy - eating horny material, such as wool by cloths moths, or snakes eating their own skin after ecdysis.
Lepidophagy - eating fish scales
Molluscivore - eating molluscs
Mucophagy - eating mucus
Ophiophagy - eating snakes
Piscivore - eating fish
Spongivore - eating sponges
Teuthophagore - eating mainly squid and other cephalopod
Vermivore - eating worms
Exudativore - eating plant and/or insect exudates (gum, sap, lerp, etc.)
Gumivore - eating tree gum
Florivore - eating flower tissue prior to seed coat formation
Frugivore - eating fruits
Graminivore - eating grasses
Granivore - eating seeds
Nectarivore - eating nectar
Palynivore - eating pollen
Xylophagy - eating wood
Bacterivore - the eating of bacteria
Planktivore - the eating of plankton
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