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Why are there more herbivores than carnivores in an ecosystem?

Why are there more herbivores than carnivores in an ecosystem?
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Why are there more herbivores than carnivores in an ecosystem?

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Because too much energy is lost at each trophic level, an ecosystem can never have a greater mass ratio of predators to herbivores.
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