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What are the shortcomings of ecological pyramids in the study of the ecosystem?

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Following are the shortcomings of ecological pyramids:

  1. It does not consider the same species belonging to two or more trophic levels.
  2. It assumes the simple food chain. However, a simple food chain never exists in nature. It is the complex food web which exists in nature.
  3. A food pyramid does not consider the decomposers. But the fact is, decomposers play an important role in the nutrient cycle.
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