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The amount of energy reaching an upper trophic level is determined by
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B
Energy reaching an upper trophic level depends on:
Net Primary Production (NPP): the energy stored by plants after using some for respiration. This is the energy available to herbivores.
Efficiency of energy transfer: only a part of consumed energy is converted into biomass and passed to the next trophic level.
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