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

Figure 1 shows a simplified food web in a desert ecosystem. In this food web ... phytoplankton is 10 to 1000 times faster than that of grasslands and forests, thus, less carbon is stored in ...

Highly dynamic ecosystems, grasslands support flora, fauna, and human populations worldwide. Grasslands provide food, energy, biodiversity conservation, carbon storage, tourism, and habitats for ...

As a result, the soil ecosystem is more resilient and better ... herbivores and predators in the soil food web remained stable. They have just published their paper in the journal Global Change ...