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Keystone Species

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Species are conserved because they are rare, endemic, large, attractive, or of economic importance. In this paper, I suggest that some species should also be conserved because they have a disproportionate effect on the persistence of all other species — they are “keystone” species.

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Bond, W.J. (1994). Keystone Species. In: Schulze, ED., Mooney, H.A. (eds) Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function. Praktische Zahnmedizin Odonto-Stomatologie Pratique Practical Dental Medicine, vol 99. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58001-7_11

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