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Detritivores (also
known as detrivores, detritophages,
detritus feeders or
detritus eaters) are
heterotrophs that
obtain nutrients by
consuming detritus...
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plants or life
forms (-phyte, -obe)
produce various terms, such as
detritivore, detritophage, saprotroph, saprophyte, saprophage, and saprobe; their...
- The
eating of non-living or
decaying matter: Coprophage:
eating faeces Detritivore:
eating decomposing material Geophagia:
eating inorganic earth Osteophage:...
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ending at an apex
predator (such as
grizzly bears or
killer whales),
detritivore (such as
earthworms and woodlice), or
decomposer (such as
fungi or bacteria)...
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decompose (remineralise) it. Such
microorganisms may be decomposers,
detritivores, or coprophages. In
terrestrial ecosystems detritus is
present as plant...
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placed in a
separate category called detritivores.
These categories are not, in fact,
mutually exclusive. "
Detritivore"
describes behavior and physiology...
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insects had
occupied their main
modern ecological niches as herbivores,
detritivores and insectivores.
Social termites and ants
first appear in the Early...
- some of the most
important pollinators,
basal consumers, scavengers/
detritivores and
micropredators in
terrestrial environments.
Hexapods are
named for...
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range in size from 1 to 340
millimetres (0.039 to 13 in) and are
mostly detritivores or scavengers.
There are more than 10,700
amphipod species currently...
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ecosystem by
consuming dead
animal and
plant material.
Decomposers and
detritivores complete this process, by
consuming the
remains left by scavengers. Scavengers...
