Robert Paine coined the term keystone species. In architecture, the element in the middle of an arch where the two sides of the arch meet is the keystone. If you remove the keystone, ...

Keystone species play the same role in many ecological communities by maintaining the structure and integrity of the community. This page has been archived and is no longer updated .

What do bison, beaver, wolves and sea otters all have in common?They're keystone species. That means they have an outsized impact on their ecosystem. It took humans driving some of these to near ...

“The public perception of a keystone species is that they are the large terrestrial mammals … but actually, most of them are not. Most keystone species are aquatic. Many of them are not predators.

With his graduate student Ryan Ferrer, now a chemical ecologist at Seattle Pacific University, Zimmer gathered more examples of multifunctional signals, and in 2007 they formally introduced the ...

Buffalo Are A Keystone Species For Both Tribal Identity And Grassland Health. Here’s How A New Bill Could Help Native American Tribes Welcome Buffalo Back To Their Lands.