FOOD WEBS: WHO EATS \VHAT, WHY, HOW, AND WITH WHAT EFFECTS IN A TROPICAL FOREST?

Abstract

In this essay I paint a picture rich in extrapolation and conjecture. held in place by very few data points and much guided by my personal unpublished experiences. But this is the state of the art My essay is about the animals that feed for the most part on living things, or things they have just killed. I shall discuss the animals that eat living things under six simple headings, but actually these headings are used only because field biologists have specialized in these areas in their studies of animal feeding relationships. Whether they represent fairly discrete islands of interaction in the ecosystem remains to be seen.