Suppose an environment in which vegetation respiration accounts for 10% of GPP and the energy in decaying vegetation, which is not used by herbivores, accounts for half of GPP. What proportion of the vegetation is consumed by herbivores?

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Terrestrial Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a collection of interconnected communities. It includes both living and non-living elements of specific strata. The terrestrial ecosystem is solely related to the ecosystem present on the land and covers 25 to 30% of the total earth’s surface area.