- coprophagy. By
doing so, all
these detritivores contribute to
decomposition and the
nutrient cycles.
Detritivores should be
distinguished from
other decomposers...
-
decompose (remineralise) it. Such
microorganisms may be decomposers,
detritivores, or coprophages. In
terrestrial ecosystems detritus is
present as plant...
-
range in size from 1 to 340
millimetres (0.039 to 13 in) and are
mostly detritivores or scavengers.
There are more than 9,900
amphipod species so far described...
-
natural predators in the food
chain model. When any
trophic level dies,
detritivores and
decomposers consume their organic material for
energy and
expel nutrients...
-
Ectotherms and
endotherms have very
different ****imilation efficiencies.
Detritivores consume organic material that is
decomposing and are in turn consumed...
- granivores, nectarivores, algivores, etc.), omnivores, fungivores, scavengers/
detritivores, and parasites.
Interactions between animals of each
biome form complex...
- to
plants or life
forms (-phyte, -obe)
produce various terms, such as
detritivore, detritophage, saprotroph, saprophyte, saprophage, and saprobe; their...
- insectivores, such as
various frogs and swallows.
Others are
important as
detritivores, and form part of
various nutrient cycles. The
habits of
midges vary...
-
placed in a
separate category called detritivores.
These categories are not, in fact,
mutually exclusive. "
Detritivore"
describes behavior and physiology...
-
predator or a scavenger.
Organic material may then be
further decomposed by
detritivores,
organisms that
recycle detritus,
returning it to the
environment for...
