- coprophagy. By
doing so, all
these detritivores contribute to
decomposition and the
nutrient cycles.
Detritivores should be
distinguished from
other decomposers...
-
gastropods can be
classified as herbivores, omnivores, carnivores, and
detritivores. However, the
majority are microbivores,
primarily consuming microbes...
- Asia, the wels
catfish of Eurasia, and the piraíba of
South America, to
detritivores (species that eat dead
material on the bottom), and even to a tiny parasitic...
-
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...
-
insects had
occupied their main
modern ecological niches as herbivores,
detritivores and insectivores.
Social termites and ants
first appear in the Early...
- but do not
include those feeding on
decomposed plant matters (i.e.
detritivores) or
macrofungi (i.e. fungivores). As a
result of
their plant-based diet...
-
decompose (remineralise) it. Such
microorganisms may be decomposers,
detritivores, or coprophages. In
terrestrial ecosystems detritus is
present as plant...
-
restricted to
carnivorous species: it also
occurs in
herbivores and in
detritivores.[vague] ****ual
cannibalism normally involves the
consumption of the male...
-
natural predators in the food
chain model. When any
trophic level dies,
detritivores and
decomposers consume their organic material for
energy and
expel nutrients...
-
whose diet
consists of
plant detritus, such as earthworms, are
termed detritivores. The
community of
decomposers in the
litter layer also
includes bacteria...
