Because there is less food to eat.
Because theres less food to eat
well, if there were a lot, everybody (everyanimal?) below would be eaten, leaving the top predators to either duke it out or die of starvation
Because theres less food to eat
At the top of the food chain, there are usually predators that have few or no natural enemies. They play a crucial role in maintaining the balance of ecosystems by controlling the populations of other species. This position gives them access to abundant resources and nutrients found in the organisms they consume.
Two organisms that are commonly at the top of the food web are apex predators such as lions in terrestrial ecosystems and great white sharks in marine ecosystems. These organisms have few or no natural predators and play a crucial role in regulating the populations of other organisms in their respective ecosystems.
Predators are any organisms that hunt another organism, usually for food.
In a stable ecoystem, there should always be more producers than carnivores. For one, there has to be more energy, because your energy flow has to reach the top of the pyramid through your primary, secondary, etc. consumers. There has to be more at the bottom because the organisms at the upper levels have to have a food source. How would the jungle look if there were 100 tigers and only 1 plant?
They make a food web making us at the top survive with food.
They make a food web making us at the top survive with food.
They make a food web making us at the top survive with food.
top, they can consume an human, animal or any other organisms.
Usually a food web will have a top predator or maybe a few of them and these top predators don't get eaten. These predators will be the final consumers, however, when they die the nutrients and energy is cycled back through the web when decomposers feed on the carcasses.