Threat Of Keystone Species

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A keystone species whether animal or plant is plays crucial role to survive an ecosystem functions. The threat of species extinction has impact on entire ecosystems, and the keystone species that would lead to collapse ecosystems are Bees, Gopher Tortoise, Ivory Tree Coral, Sea Otters, Mangrove-Dwelling Crabs, Prairie Dogs, Tiger Shark, and Sugar Maple Tree (Bardroff, 2014).

How would this happen? and why? I would discuss role of Bees and Tiger sharks to improve ecosystem balance.

Bees are important for agricultural crops and major species that fertilize many edible plants. Additionally, Bees can pollinate around 250,000 plant species (more than 90 of traditionally flowering crops) such as apples, cucumber, kiwis, avocados, broccoli, celery,

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