Apex predator
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apex-predator-164-11376333
title:
Apex predator
text:
An apex predator, also known as a top predator or superpredator, is a predator at the top of a food chain, without natural predators of its own. Apex predators are usually defined in terms of trophic dynamics, meaning that they occupy the highest trophic levels. Food chains are often far shorter on land, usually limited to being secondary consumers – for example, wolves prey mostly upon large herbivores, which eat plants. The apex predator concept is applied in wildlife management, conservation,
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encyclopedia
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Predator at the top of a food chain
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apex_predator
date created:
2005-05-11T18:41:40Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T10:28:23Z
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