TABLE 3.

Example literature sources for assimilation efficiencies of different taxa

Taxa	Details/Focus	Reference
Collembola, Acari, Nematoda, Amoebae, Flagellates	Shortgrass prairie, soil fauna	Hunt et al. (1987)
Terrestrial arthropod carnivores, herbivores & detritivores	Temperature dependency	Lang et al. (2017)
Aquatic insects	Resource‐N content dependency	Pandian and Marian (1986)
Fishes	Absorption efficiency, >50 species	Pandian and Marian (1985)
Birds	Food‐type and species dependency	Castro et al. (1989)
Land snails	Woodlands	Mason (1970)