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Energy

Appears in 8 processs and 24 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

Top processes

Energy transfer through food webs

6 steps

Herbivory transfers plant energy to primary consumers
Predation transfers energy to higher trophic levels
Respiratory heat loss and waste production
and 3 more in this process

Trophic transfer efficiency between levels

6 steps

Consumers assimilate part of the energy they eat
Ecosystem type sets transfer efficiency
Marine food webs: about 8% of energy passes up
and 3 more in this process

Trophic efficiency and top-down control

5 steps

Soil food web energy transfer

2 steps

Detrital energy channel

2 steps

Terrestrial ecosystem functioning

1 step

Energy transfer through food webs

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Belowground carbon allocation to roots and mycorrhizal fungi

1 step

Root-derived carbon enters the soil food web

Energy channels in the soil food web

1 step

Root and mycorrhizal carbon feeds soil animals directly

Often found with

Predators 14 Herbivores 13 Organic carbon 12 Oxygen 4 Bacteria 4 Decomposers 3 Plants 3 Earthworms 3 Fungi 3 Soil fauna 3 Carbon 2 Dead organic matter 2

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