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Trophic Energy Food Chains Levels Proportion Transferred Small

Front why do most food chains only have 4/5 trophic levels?
Back the proportion of energy transferred at each trophic level is small (20%)
insufficient energy available to support a large enough breeding population at trophic levels higher than these

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