Photorespiration enhances C3 plant tolerance to drought, salinity and chilling.

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Assimilation efficiency  Assimilation efficiency is the proportion of ingested energy that is assimilated into the bloodstream (An)

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Carnivore assimilation efficiencies are often about 80%, because carnivores consume largely soft tissue,  Assimilation efficiencies for herbivores average only about 5–20% 

Assimilation efficiencies of aquatic herbivores have higher  than terrestrial herbivores.

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Production efficiency It is defined as the percentage of energy assimilated by an organism that becomes incorporated into new biomass.

 

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Invertebrates generally have fairly high production efficiencies  (about 10–50%) than vertebrate. Ectotherms, typically have production efficiencies of around 10%, and birds and mammals, which are endotherms, have production efficiencies in the range of 1–2%.

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Invertebrates generally have fairly high production efficiencies  (about 10–50%) than vertebrate. Ectotherms, typically have production efficiencies of around 10%, and birds and mammals, which are endotherms, have production efficiencies in the range of 1–2%.