TABLE VII
The Cmprkon of % or Rank of Annual Calorie Dksiption and Predator-Herbivore Ratio of Different Trophic
Groups Found in Nine Natural Communities on the British Isla and the i3uropeun Continent. (Data from Macfadyen,
1963b.)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Limestone Juncus
Oak
Beech
Beech
Beech
Spruce
Spruce
community
Grassland
Grass
Moor
MUll
R H
MUll
Mull
MUll
R H
(15)
(4)
(1)
(6)
Herbivore Rank
Herbivore yo
Large Decomposer
L. Decomposer yo
Small Decomposer
S. Decomposer yo
Predator Rank
Predator yo
€tank Total
kcal/yr
Ratio
carnivoreFerbivore
Rank
Rank
8
22-29
7
25-65
3
31.77
4
30.85
9
20.36
6
27.25
2
32.08
5
28.36
1
32.91
1
55.54
8
1.21
2
33.49
5
8.42
3
31.24
6
3 a46
7
3.3
9
0.54
4
27-36
4
39.32
6
10.95
9
17.38
9
1.38
1
64.18
8
2-85
6
29-87
7
5.79
2
46.06
3
25.15
8
23.92
5
17-58
3
45.41
4
19.05
5
36-48
2
31-86
7
29.12
1
37.43
1
2
7
9
5
3
8
6
4
0-3360
0.2133
0.2353
0.4675
0.5981
0.1232
0.0140
0.0293
0.0614