Certain species occupy multiple trophic levels within a food web
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SUPPORTED
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Certain species, particularly omnivores and intraguild predators, regularly occupy multiple trophic levels within ecological food webs by feeding across different functional groups and resources.
Evidence for · 5
Trophic supplements to intraguild predation
2007 · cited by 78
Discusses intraguild predation and omnivory, noting that consumers often feed across multiple trophic levels and modules.
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Bioaccumulation and potential human health risks of PAHs in marine food webs: A trophic transfer perspective.
2024 · cited by 42
Categorizes marine organisms using stable isotope methods across multiple trophic levels, including omnivorous species.
Trophic plasticity of omnivorous fishes in natural and human‐dominated landscapes
2023 · cited by 14
Highlights trophic plasticity in omnivorous fishes that expand their diets and occupy flexible trophic positions across environments.
Untangling the complex food webs of tropical rainforest streams.
2024 · cited by 8
Notes that omnivorous fish species connect multiple food web compartments through non-specialised interactions spanning different trophic roles.
Effects of competition and predation risk from a life history intraguild predator on individual specialisation.
2025 · cited by 1
Examines a native fish species with a generalized diet that competes and interacts across multiple trophic resource pathways.