Question

Describe the importance that keystone species have in the environment. What would happen if these species disappeared? How would it affect the local ecosystems?

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

The keystone species of an environment are those species of organisms that are highly influential to the functioning of the ecosystem without whom the ecosystem would be drastically affected, lose its structure, or cease to exist totally.

The influence of keystone species in an environment is disproportionately high when compared to their population in the environment. If keystone species disappeared from an environment, such an environment will find it difficult to perform ecosystem functions with an entirely different structure. In some cases, the ecosystem might cease to exist in its entirety because the species that hold it together are no longer present.