J500 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) Hey Guys, I was just going through Chapter 3 (Ecosystems) in the ESS Course Companion when I happen to arrive on the Ecological Pyramids section (on page 48). I noticed that there was a split in the bar for the producers. Does anyone know the reason for this? What does the split suggest?l'll be really thankful to anyone who could help! P.S. I think someone posted a similar question earlier, but there wasn't a proper reply, so I thought I'd start a new topic...in case any one knows.Here's an image of the split in the pyramid:http://imm.io/1jDH2 Edited November 2, 2013 by Jane500 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainRostand Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 If you posted a picture of the diagram other people that dont have that book might be able to help you! It's a little bit difficult to picture your explanation... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J500 Posted November 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 (edited) Good Point.I have the image on my Desktop! Is there a way for me to directly upload it on here, without having to provide a URL?or Would it better to make a new post with the image attached? Edited November 1, 2013 by FJ500 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainRostand Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 You should be able to host the image in a website and then get the link to post it here. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J500 Posted November 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 You should be able to host the image in a website and then get the link to post it here. Done. Does that help?? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainRostand Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 Hmm! Now I get what you meant. I don't have a 100% sure answer for your question, it might be representing that the last bar should be bigger and the broken line there is put to show that you are supressing a part of the data. It might also be that it is saying that it is a "grazing ecosystem", so the number of producers keeps growing. Other than that, I cannot think of anything. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J500 Posted November 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 Hmm! Now I get what you meant. I don't have a 100% sure answer for your question, it might be representing that the last bar should be bigger and the broken line there is put to show that you are supressing a part of the data. It might also be that it is saying that it is a "grazing ecosystem", so the number of producers keeps growing. Other than that, I cannot think of anything. thanks for the reply! can you please tell me more about the "grazing ecosystem''...hopefully someone has a definitive answer to this question...it's been bothering me for quite a while now! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainRostand Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 (edited) Well, according to the internet, a grazing ecosystem is that which is based on hervibore consumpion where the consumer doesnt kill the produces (for example cattle feeding on grass). Edited November 4, 2013 by MainRostand 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alefal Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Hey there!I'm pretty sure we used the same textbook at my school, and we were a bit unsure about this for a while ourselves. However, after some research, I'm now confident that the split implies that the bar representing producers is not proportional in size, meaning that it should in reality be much bigger. It's similar to the symbol used for graphs where the x-axis does not start at 0, but at a higher or lower number, as is the case with the graph underneath: (Source: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/79269/how-to-show-the-data-does-not-start-at-zero-symbol-on-a-pgfplot-graph)It has nothing to do with the fact that this specific pyramid represents a grazing ecosystem, that would be irrational to believe. There are many different ecosystems out there, why would only grazing ecosystems have their own symbol? 3 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J500 Posted November 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 Hey there!I'm pretty sure we used the same textbook at my school, and we were a bit unsure about this for a while ourselves. However, after some research, I'm now confident that the split implies that the bar representing producers is not proportional in size, meaning that it should in reality be much bigger. It's similar to the symbol used for graphs where the x-axis does not start at 0, but at a higher or lower number, as is the case with the graph underneath: (Source: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/79269/how-to-show-the-data-does-not-start-at-zero-symbol-on-a-pgfplot-graph)It has nothing to do with the fact that this specific pyramid represents a grazing ecosystem, that would be irrational to believe. There are many different ecosystems out there, why would only grazing ecosystems have their own symbol? Hmm...that makes more sense!! Thank you so much. One more question. How did you manage to attach the image to your post?? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alefal Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 If I'm not mistaken, you can only attach images that are already online in one way or another. Go to the page where you found that image, copy the URL to the image (not the actual page, you can often get this URL by right-click and select 'Copy image address' or 'open in a new tab'), press the Image button in the simple text editor here at IBS and then paste the URL into the box before you press 'OK.' 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J500 Posted November 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 Ohh I get it now!! THANK YOU!! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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