Lindeman proposed law of 10% . How will you explain this law in relation to food chain ?

Explanation

The transfer of energy from producer to consumer and from consumer to next consumer , at higher trophoic level is accompanied by loss of energy all along the path . When plants are eaten by animal about 10% of energy in the food is fixed into animal flesh . When a carnivore consumes that animal only about 10% of energy is fixed . Producers `to` Herbiovers
(100 kcal ) `" "` (10 kcal )
`to` Consumer `- 1 to` Consumer 2
(1 kcal ) `" "` (0.1 kcal)