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A Hare Population Ingests Local Plants and Assimilates a Percentage

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A hare population ingests local plants and assimilates a percentage of the plant biomass (assimilation = ingestion - excretion) .The hares use energy in metabolism as they move, grow, and maintain body temperature.The body tissue they make and the baby hares they produce are available to the local fox population, the main predator of hares.Compared with the amount of energy transferred from plants to hares, the amount transferred from hares to foxes is


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