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Ecological pyramids were discovered by.

  1. Elton

  2. Odum

  3. Reiter

  4. Morgan

  5. None of these
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Explanation

Charles Elton introduced the concept of ecological pyramids in the 1920s to represent the quantitative relationships between different trophic levels in ecosystems. These pyramids show how energy, biomass, or numbers decrease at each successive trophic level. Odum contributed to ecosystem ecology more broadly, while Morgan worked in genetics and Reiter in various biological fields. Elton's pyramid concept remains fundamental to understanding ecosystem structure and energy flow.

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