What is a keystone species?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. A species with a large effect on its ecosystem compared to its numbers
- Step 1: Removing a keystone species, such as the sea otter, can change the whole community.
Answer
A species with a large effect on its ecosystem compared to its numbers.
Why not the others: The other options do not define a keystone species.
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