Meaning

1 senses
  1. The secondary disruptions that go cascading through a system from which a keystone species has been removed.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. A trophic cascade led to an increase in livestock attacks as predators sought out alternative sources of food.

    deEine trophische Kaskade führte zu zunehmenden Angriffen auf Nutztiere, da Raubtiere sich auf die Suche nach alternativen Nahrungsquellen machten.

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Forms

plural: trophic cascades
Singulartrophic cascade
Pluraltrophic cascades

regular

See also

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