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The Ecological Efficiency of Consumer Populations
Author(s) -
Turner Frederick B.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1934059
Subject(s) - homeothermy , ecology , biology , geography , thermoregulation
It has been suggested that the ecological efficiencies (or gross efficiencies of yield to ingestion) of steady—state consumer populations may be a constant 8—12%. It is now argued that, on the basis of available data, the ecological efficiency of populations of homeothermic animals cannot exceed 2—3%.