The top-down model, also called the trophic cascade model, describes how predation influences community organization by controlling herbivore numbers, which in turn control plant or phytoplankton numbers, which in turn control nutrient levels.
El modelo de arriba hacia abajo (cascada trófica) describe cómo la depredación influye en la organización de la comunidad al controlar los herbívoros, quienes a su vez controlan las plantas.
| Front | top-down model |
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| Back | A model of community organization in which predation influences community organization by controlling herbivore numbers, which in turn control plant or phytoplankton numbers, which in turn control nutrient levels; also called the trophic cascade model. |
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