2008). Figure 1 shows a simplified food web in a desert ecosystem. In this food web, grasshoppers feed on plants; scorpions prey on grasshoppers; kit foxes prey on scorpions. While the food web ...

Food web is an important conceptual tool for illustrating ... and understanding the dynamics of energy transfer in an ecosystem.

This includes all of the connections between producers and consumers in an ecosystem. The food web shows how interconnected all of the different organisms are.