Meaning Trophic cascade
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Trophic cascade


when predators in a food web supress the abundance or behaviours of their prey, releasing the next trophic level from predation. A top down cascade is when the food chain is disrupted by the removal of a top predator. A bottom up cascade occurs when primary producers are removed.
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Trophic cascade


trophic cascades occur when an organism in one trophic level
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Trophic cascade


(ecology) The secondary disruptions that go cascading through a system from which a keystone species has been removed.
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