- coprophagy. By
doing so, all
these detritivores contribute to
decomposition and the
nutrient cycles.
Detritivores should be
distinguished from
other decomposers...
- and development.
While the
terms decomposer and
detritivore are
often interchangeably used,
detritivores ingest and
digest dead
matter internally, while...
- granivores, nectarivores, algivores, etc.), omnivores, fungivores, scavengers/
detritivores, and parasites.
Interactions between animals of each
biome form complex...
-
restricted to
carnivorous species: it also
occurs in
herbivores and in
detritivores.[vague] ****ual
cannibalism normally involves the
consumption of the male...
-
predator or a scavenger.
Organic material may then be
further decomposed by
detritivores,
organisms that
recycle detritus,
returning it to the
environment for...
-
natural predators in the food
chain model. When any
trophic level dies,
detritivores and
decomposers consume their organic material for
energy and
expel nutrients...
-
insects had
occupied their main
modern ecological niches as herbivores,
detritivores and insectivores.
Social termites and ants
first appear in the Early...
- and
plants or life
forms (-phyte, -obe)
produce various terms, such as
detritivore, detritophage, saprotroph, saprophyte, saprophage, and saprobe; their...
-
whose diet
consists of
plant detritus, such as earthworms, are
termed detritivores. The
community of
decomposers in the
litter layer also
includes bacteria...
-
Ectotherms and
endotherms have very
different ****imilation efficiencies.
Detritivores consume organic material that is
decomposing and are in turn consumed...
