Multiple choice

Ten percent law of energy transfer at successive trophic levels in food chain was given by:

  1. Elton

  2. Haeckel

  3. Lindman

  4. Shimper
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Explanation

The 10% law of energy transfer states that only about 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next in a food chain. This ecological principle was proposed by Raymond Lindman in 1942. Elton is famous for the pyramid of numbers concept, Haeckel coined the term ecology, and Shimper contributed to plant geography.

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