Removal of lions from the above food chain will increase the number of deer to such an extent that they will eat up the whole grass. The density of producer like grass will be very much reduced and this will turn the area into a desert.
(a) Grazing food chain and detritus food chain
Grazing food chain
Detritus food chain
In this food chain, energy is derived from the Sun.
In this food chain, energy comes from organic matter (or...
Grass is producer, hawk and frog are carnivores (top and lower), rabbit and deer are herbivores. Since rabbit and deer are both herbivores, they belong to the same trophic level.
According to 10% Law,
Plants have 20,000 J energy available.
Plants transferred their 10% energy to deer i.e.
20,000 * 10/100 = 2000 J
Deer received 2000 J energy from the plants and now...