trophic level

One of the hierarchical strata of a ‘food webfood web The totality of interacting food chains in an ecological community’ (see definition above) characterised by organisms which are the same number of steps removed from the plant or algal life (primary producers) at the bottom. So if grass is the primary producer and both bison and gazelle eat the grass then bison and gazelle are on the same trophic leveltrophic level One of the hierarchical strata of a 'food web' (see definition above) characterised by organisms which are the same number of steps removed from the plant or algal life (primary producers) at the bottom. So if grass is the primary producer and both bison and gazelle eat the grass then bison and gazelle are on the same trophic level. Lions and cheetah that eat bison and gazelle would also be on the same level, above bison and gazelle. This is a very simplistic example of trophic levels in a "food web" in nature, especially when it is healthy, they are much more complex and contain many more trophic levels.. Lions and cheetah that eat bison and gazelle would also be on the same level, above bison and gazelle. This is a very simplistic example of trophic levels in a “food web” in nature, especially when it is healthy, they are much more complex and contain many more trophic levels.