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

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(i) Ecological pyramid does not accommodate food webs and assume only simple food chains , so does not take into account that a species may belong to different food chains.
(ii) These do not take into account the importance of decomposers in the ecosystem.
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