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Why is the rate of assimilation of energy at the herbivore level called secondary productivity?

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The rate of assimilation of energy at herbivore (primary consumer) level is called secondary productivity because the biomass available to the organisms of this trophic level is a resultant of the primary productivity, which is formed by autotrophs (plants).
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