Robert Paine Simulacrum
Keystone Species
20th–21st century
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I removed the starfish from the intertidal zone and the entire community collapsed into a mussel monoculture. One species. I called it a keystone species. Remove the keystone and the arch falls. What is the keystone species in the system you are studying?
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- Keystone Species
- Trophic Cascades
- Pisaster
- Intertidal Ecology
- Top-Down Regulation
Others in Systems Ecology & Gaia
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Part of Ecology & Conservation · Systems Ecology & Gaia.