Preferred Name

herbivory
Synonyms

plant trophism

phytophagy

Definitions

A heterotrophic process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming living plant- or macro-algal material. In this class, we make no commitment to whether the organism belongs to a taxon which has adapted to a herbivorous diet: this is a functional defintion, referencing the act of eating, primarily, a plant- or macroalga-based diet.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000020

comment

In this class, we make no commitment to whether the organism belongs to a taxon which has adapted to a herbivorous diet: this is a functional defintion, referencing the act of eating, primarily, a plant- or macroalga-based diet.

alternative term

plant trophism

phytophagy

definition

A heterotrophic process during which a living entity acquires food and energy by consuming living plant- or macro-algal material.

has_exact_synonym

plant trophism

phytophagy

label

herbivory

prefixIRI

ECOCORE:00000020

prefLabel

herbivory

term editor

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-3088

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000011

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