What is food-web?

Explanation

(i) The inter-locking pattern of a number of food chain form a web like arrangement
called food web in an ecosystem.
(ii) It is the basic unit of an ecosystem to maintain stability.
Example: In a grazing food chain of a grass land, in the absence of a rabbit, a mouse may also eat food grains. The mouse in turn may be eaten directly by a hawk or by a snake and the snake may be directly eaten by hawks.