Keystone species play the same role in many ecological ... During the latter part of the nineteenth century, most of the important prey for wolves — bison, deer, elk, and moose — were severely ...

Has the Term 'Keystone Species' Lost Its Meaning? Story by Lesley Evans Ogden, Quanta Magazine • 10mo A nne Salomon’s first week as a graduate student in 2001 was not what she had anticipated.

Dominant species are the most abundant species in a community, exerting a strong influence over the occurrence and distribution of other species. In contrast, keystone species have effects on ...

New CU Boulder research found sea otters, an important keystone species ... The data sets represent two of the most complete studies looking at the effect of keystone species on local ecosystems. Both ...

In 1942 he published his most important work ... and very little evolutionary progress. The species, then, is the keystone of evolution." ...

Like most imperiled species ... It’s also important to protect the places on the landscape where the tree is managing to survive, and critical habitat protection could have helped with that. The ...

New CU Boulder research found sea otters, an important keystone ... The data sets represent two of the most complete studies looking at the effect of keystone species on local ecosystems.