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Name: Hara
Status: student
Age: 4-5
Location: TX
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Date: 4/29/2005
Question:
How I can identify keystone species?

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The idea of keystone species is that they are so important in their ecosystem that many other species and functions depend on them. There is no easy way to identify keystone species. They are defined by research into how a whole system functions.

J. Elliott

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