"trophic cascade" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: trophic cascades [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} trophic cascade (plural trophic cascades)
  1. (ecology) The secondary disruptions that go cascading through a system from which a keystone species has been removed. Wikipedia link: trophic cascade Categories (topical): Ecology
    Sense id: en-trophic_cascade-en-noun-siFtf5Pw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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