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What is a keystone species? give example

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a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically. An example is a predator-prey relationship. If there was no more prey the predators may began to fall ill and die and if there was no more predators the prey would eventually over populate

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