Ontologies
SFWO
Soil Food Web Ontology (SFWO)
OWL
Last submission date September 22, 2023
ID http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000019
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000019
https://agroportal.lirmm.fr/ontologies/SFWO/ECOCORE_00000019
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Preferred name

herbivore

Synonyms
primary consumer
plant feeder
phytophage
herbivorous organism
plant eater
phytophagous organism
Definitions
There is some debate over whether herbivores should be restricted to plants and macroalgae or generalsed to more photoautotrophs. We welcome input on our issue tracker: https://github.com/EcologicalSemantics/ecocore
A heterotroph which consumes plants or macroalgae via ingestion through a type of "mouth". Plant or algal matter is broken down through an internal digestion process.
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