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What is a pyramid of numbers? Write a brief note on the pyramid of numbers with the heplp of a block diagram.

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(1) In the given pyramid, the producer is a large tree, primary consumers are small insects which are numerous in number and secondary consumers are woodpeckers which are comparatively less in number than insects.
(2). From this pyramid of number, we can conclude that sometimes thhe pyrmaid of numbers doesnot look like a pyramid at all.
(3). This could happen if the producer is a large plant orr if one of the organisms at any tropic level is very small.
(4). Whatever the situation, the producer still goes at the bottom of the pyramid.
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