FORESTRY
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
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15%
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5%
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10%
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100%
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Detailed explanation-1: -At each step up the food chain, only 10 percent of the energy is passed on to the next level, while approximately 90 percent of the energy is lost as heat.
Detailed explanation-2: -Energy Pyramids and Food Chains Again, as you move from the sun through each trophic level, only ten percent of the energy will be carried to the next level. Each organism uses some of what it obtains for its life processes, so the organism that eats it, can only use the energy that is left over.
Detailed explanation-3: -Food web is an important conceptual tool for illustrating the feeding relationships among species within a community, revealing species interactions and community structure, and understanding the dynamics of energy transfer in an ecosystem.