The conversion efficiency from herbivores to carnivores is the least efficient of the tropic levels with an average conversion of _____.

Energy transfer from herbivores to carnivores is relatively inefficient because much of the energy herbivores consume is used for life processes or lost in waste rather than becoming biomass available to predators. The average conversion is about 1–5%, so the best answer is “1–5%.”

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