Subject: Energy pyramid
From: [email-masked] (David Eng)
Date: 13 Jul 94 17:39:20 GMT
Newsgroups: bionet.plants

could someone explain to me
the energy pyramid, where
plants are placed on the bottom,
above them, hebervores, then
1st deg. carnivores, then 2nd
deg. carnivores, and so on?

I know it represents, in one
respect, the % each category
makes up in biomass, but I'm
not quite clear on the energy
relation (something about
a tenfold decrease efficiency
as you move up the pyramid?)

thanks

[email-masked]

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