Pyramids of numbers in hedgerow ecosystems - RSPB

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Pyramids of numbers show how many organisms can be found at each feeding level or trophic level in a food chain. How man
Pyramids of numbers in hedgerow ecosystems

Pyramids of numbers show how many organisms can be found at each feeding level or trophic level in a food chain. How many grass plants, aphids and hoverflies are there in the hedge bottom community above? • Grass plants = • Aphids = • Ladybirds = On a piece of graph paper, try drawing your own pyramids of numbers for the following hedgerow communities. Don’t forget to make sure your scale is correct and your bars are centred around the same point. Pyramid 1

Pyramid 2

Are pyramids of numbers for all ecosystems pyramid-shaped? What could you do instead of counting numbers at each trophic level, to represent an ecosystem?