keystone species
keystone species · keystone species
A species that exerts a large, stabilizing influence throughout an ecological…A species that exerts a large, stabilizing influence throughout an ecological community, despite its relatively small numerical abundance.
» Salmon are a keystone species.
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1 sensesA species that exerts a large, stabilizing influence throughout an ecological community, despite its relatively small numerical abundance.
Examples
2 sentencesSalmon are a keystone species.
Bison is a keystone species.
Forms
plural: keystone species| Singular | keystone species |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedflagship species
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.