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In previous chapters, the acquisition and expenditure of energy were discussed at the individual or species level. Such budgets are merely individual links in the overall exchanges within a biotic community. In the present chapter, the flow of energy among species within invertebrate assemblages and between them and other components of desert communities is examined. Energy flow is dependent on community structure and dynamics. These topics will be treated briefly before turning to a consideration of the amounts of energy involved and the routes it follows through the community. A more detailed treatment of some aspects of the community ecology of desert invertebrates is provided by Polis (1991a,b)
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Heatwole, H. (1996). Community Dynamics: The Flow of Energy. In: Energetics of Desert Invertebrates. Adaptations of Desert Organisms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60923-7_8
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