Chain feeding in broad-leaved forests of the Russian Federation. A few examples

On earth there is a great variety of plants and animals. All of them are forced to provide their livelihoods, eating and processing vital energy. Thus, their interaction always unites the creatures into food chains, through the links of which nutrients and energy pass from one to the other.

Power circuits

In broad-leaved forests, these sequences, of course, have their own characteristics. But in general, the absorption and interaction takes place according to the general laws and rules, which are characteristic for almost any habitat. Because there is a food chain? By and large, this is a situation where nutrients and energy pass from one living organism to another in a consistent manner. Links, as a rule, are formed from producers and consumers (of different levels). The first in the chain do not eat organic, extracting food for their vital activity directly from soil, air and water. For example, most plants use the phenomenon of photosynthesis. And bacteria living in almost any environment, feed on minerals and gases. Consumers continue the sequence. The first level - they feed on plant food (producers) and are called herbivorous (herbivorous). The second, third, fourth levels of consumers feed on animal food - these are carnivores, or predators.

A large predator closes the food chain, becoming the head of the food pyramid. Usually such representatives are not so much in a certain environment. A special role for nature is given to scavengers, microorganisms that process dead flesh, turning it into inanimate matter. If not for them, the whole earth would be covered with corpses of plants and animals!

Chain feeding in broad-leaved forests. Examples

After a few words about the theory, let's move on to the practice of compiling. Any supply chain for deciduous forests is provided by a rich species diversity of plants and animals inhabiting here. Stormy vegetation feeds such herbivorous mammals as small rodents, hares, deer, moose, roe deer. They mostly eat thick grasses in glades, bark and branches of trees and shrubs, berries, mushrooms, nuts. All these types of food can be found in abundance - the animals will always be better off, even in the cold winter. Here also live predators, serving as links in the food chain in broad-leaved forests. Their way of life is fundamentally different from herbivores. Foxes and wolves, ermines and caresses, lynxes and martens, birds of prey. Basically, they hunt other animals. Characteristic for forest dwellers and smaller predators (amphibians, for example), which can also become prey to large carnivores. Accordingly, food chains are formed in broad-leaved forests. They are sometimes multilevel and intertwined with each other in the middle links.

Here are some of them:

1. Birch bark - hare - fox.
2. Tree (bark) - bark beetle - titmouse - hawk.
3. Grass (seeds) - mouse forest - an owl.
4. Grass - an insect - a frog - really - a bird of prey.
5. Insect - reptile - ferret - lynx.
6. Leaves - earthworm - thrush.
7. Fruits and seeds of trees - a squirrel - an owl.
8. Leaves - caterpillar - beetle - titmouse - falcon.

Conservation and loss of energy

The creatures of the previous link of the food chain in broad-leaved forests serve as the food base for the subsequent link. Thus, the transition of energy from one organism to another and the cycle of substances in nature. But at the same time a huge part of this energy is lost (up to 90%). Perhaps, therefore, the number of links in the chain of food in broad-leaved forests, as a rule, no more than five or six to the maximum.