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ZoologyOrganisms and PopulationsPopulation InteractionsHard2 minPYQ_2008
ZoologyHardsingle choice

What is a keystone species?

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Solution:

Keystone species are those species which has significant and disproportionately large influence on the community structure and characteristics. It has often considerably low abundance and biomass as compared to dominant species. Removal of such species causes serious disruption in structure and function of community.

Stream:AIIMSSubject:ZoologyTopic:Organisms and PopulationsSubtopic:Population Interactions
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