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A keystone is one that:

A) eats a mixture of plants and animals

B) is introduced into a community after a major disturbance

C) causes the amount of diversity in a community to decrease

D) helps to stabilize the populations of the other species in a community ​

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D. Helps stabilise the populations of the other species in a community
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Answer:

The answer is D

Step-by-step explanation:

A keystone species is an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem. Without its keystone species, the ecosystem would be dramatically different or cease to exist altogether. Keystone species have low functional redundancy

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