Trophic Level — Definition & Examples

Apex predators are attacked too often by other predators to have a large population.

Apex predators receive 100% of the energy from the trophic level beneath them and therefore do not need to have a large population.

Apex predators are at the very top of the food pyramid and therefore there is less energy available to them than to lower level consumers.

Apex predators are herbivores and therefore have a cap on how many of them can grow in a given space do to overcrowding.