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Keystone species

A keystone species is a species that has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance. The concept was introduced in 1969 by the zoologist Robert T. Paine. Keystone species play a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community, affecting many other organisms in an ecosystem and helping to…

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related to history · 14
Keystone species → At, Food Web Complexity, He, In, Makah Bay, Mytilus, Paine, Pisaster, Robert, Species Diversity, The, Three, Washington, When Paine
related to Definitions · 12
Keystone species → Agelaia, Davic, Euhrychiopsis, Eurasian, For, If, It, North American, Paine, Similarly, The, Yet
related to Depends on context · 10
Keystone species → Alaska, Bruce Menge, In, Ishana Shukla, Menge's, Paine, Paine's, Pisaster, That, The
related to Ecosystem engineers · 10
Keystone species → Beaver, Beavers, Depending, Grazing, In North America, It, Prairie, The, These, This
related to Multiple meanings · 7
Keystone species → Although, Beavers, For, In Mills's, Mills, Paine's, The
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Keystone species → predator that prevents a particular herbivorous species from eliminating dominant plant species, species that has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance
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Keystone species → Grazing species
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Keystone species → Cultural

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Keystone speciesis aspecies that has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance0.90text
Keystone speciesis apredator that prevents a particular herbivorous species from eliminating dominant plant species0.90text
flagship speciesinstance ofIn this it overlaps with several other species conservation concepts0.80text
indicator speciesinstance ofIn this it overlaps with several other species conservation concepts0.80text
and umbrella speciesinstance ofIn this it overlaps with several other species conservation concepts0.80text
creeksinstance ofpredation keeps hydrological features0.80text
streams in normal working orderinstance ofpredation keeps hydrological features0.80text
plains bisoninstance ofGrazing species0.80text
which is another keystone speciesinstance ofGrazing species0.80text
the pronghorninstance ofGrazing species0.80text
and the mule deer have shown a proclivity for grazing on the same land used by prairie dogs.The beaver is a well known ecosystem engineerinstance ofGrazing species0.80text
keystone speciesinstance ofGrazing species0.80text

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