Keystone species play an outsized role in the ecosystem, affecting the natural balance in ways that cannot easily be replaced.

Many gardeners know the key role milkweed (Asclepias) plays in bringing back declining numbers of monarch butterflies. But other species of Lepidoptera, other butterflies and moths need help, too.

Free webinar to focus on protecting these keystone species from invasive mussels that have been devastating Great Lakes ...

Ecologists have long understood that the diversity of an ecosystem is at the heart of its stability. A groundbreaking discovery in the 1960s took it a step further and changed the way scientists ...

MUNCIE, Ind. – Keystone species are plants, animals, or fungi that significantly impact the environment. When talking about plants, these species can be home to many native insects and other animals.

An intertidal zone is the area where the ocean meets the land. It is referred to as intertidal because it is between high and low tide lines. The intertidal zone is a really tough area in which to ...

What do bison, beaver, wolves and sea otters all have in common? They're keystone species. That means they have an outsized impact on their ecosystem. It took humans driving some of these to near ...

From wolves to elephants to green moss, keystone animal and plant species are vital facilitators of healthy and biodiverse ecosystems. This outsized impact on biodiversity is the common trait of ...

Aim: Climate change affects ecological communities via impacts on species. The community's response to climate change can be represented as the temporal trend in a climate-related functional property ...

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