16) Keystone Species


A keystone species is a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend on. If that species is removed there would be a drastic change in the ecosystem. The picture is of an earthworm. They are considered to be a keystone species, because as detritivores they alter many different variables of their ecosystem.

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