The number of producers is much lower than those of the primary consumers. How can this be

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Noemi Cantrell

16 May, 13:59

The number of producers is much lower than those of the primary consumers. How can this be

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Ruby Zuniga · Answer 1

This can happen if the producer is large in size, or the primary consumers are small in size.

Example is where the producer of a food chain is a type of tree, and the primary producer is a type of insect. Clearly, an insect cannot consume the whole tree by itself, therefore, one tree can provide energy for a lot of insects, thus the number of producer is much lower than those of the primary consumers.