A Rainforest Food Chain (Odysseys in Nature)

Explores how energy moves through a South American rainforest by following a single food chain from the cacao tree, through the insects and animals that depend on it, to the jaguar at the top of the chain. Readers learn how plants, herbivores, carnivores, and decomposers are connected, why every organism plays an important role in the ecosystem, and how changes to one part of the food chain can affect the entire rainforest.