Keystone Species

  • A keystone species is a species that has a disproportionately large effect on its environment relative to its abundance.
  • Such species are described as playing a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community, affecting many other organisms in an ecosystem and helping to determine the types and numbers of various other species in the community.
  • A keystone species is a plant or animal that plays a unique and crucial role in the way an ecosystem functions. Without keystone species, the ecosystem would be dramatically different or cease to exist altogether.
  • Example: The wasp species has been labelled a keystone ....
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Bio–Diversity And Environment