omnivory

English[edit]

omnivory (uncountable)

The consumption of both animal and plant matter, or of material from multiple trophic levels; the act or condition of being omnivorous.
- 1995, Advances in Ecological Research, volume 26, →ISBN, page 151:
  Omnivory has often been presumed to be rare in food webs because its presence in theoretical models has been shown to be destabilizing (Pimm, 1982) […]
- 2005, Micky D. Eubanks, “The Biology of Omnivores and the Ecology of Omnivore-Prey Interactions”, in Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions, →ISBN, page 3:
  Until recently, omnivory (i.e., feeding at multiple trophic levels) was thought to be rare in nature. It is now realized that omnivory is a widespread feeding habit […]

state of being omnivorous