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The 59 pages that link to Keystone species, each with the reason it gives.

• PredationRelated: Some predators disproportionately structure communities through their effects on prey.

• Trophic cascadeRelated: Keystone predators can initiate particularly pronounced trophic cascades.

• HerbivoryRelated: Some herbivores maintain community diversity by preventing dominant plants from excluding others.

• Food webRelated: Removing a keystone species can reorganize many feeding relationships.

• DecapodaRelated: Some decapods strongly structure habitats and food webs through grazing, predation, or burrowing.

• Intertidal zoneRelated: Predators such as sea stars can determine which competitors dominate intertidal communities.

• RewildingRelated: Reintroducing a keystone species can restore interactions that reorganize an ecosystem.

• CarnivoryRelated: Some carnivores regulate communities through effects that exceed their population size.

• CrabRelated: Some crabs strongly influence prey populations and habitat structure.

• CarnivoreRelated: Some carnivores exert strong ecosystem effects by regulating prey populations.

• PinnipedRelated: Some pinniped populations strongly influence prey communities and wider ecosystem dynamics.

• EchinodermRelated: Some sea stars regulate mussel populations and maintain diverse rocky-shore communities.

• MegafaunaRelated: Some megafauna strongly shape ecosystems, though large body size alone does not make a species keystone.

• OrcaRelated: As apex predators, orcas can exert strong effects on the marine communities they inhabit.

• JaguarRelated: Jaguar predation can influence ecosystem dynamics, though its effects vary by place.

• Prairie dogRelated: Prairie-dog colonies create habitat and resources used by many other grassland species.

• RavenRelated: Ravens can influence carcass use and food access for other scavengers.

• Food chainRelated: Removing a prominent chain link can reshape its surrounding community.

• Primate conservationRelated: Some primates disperse seeds or shape vegetation in ways that influence forest communities.

• WoodpeckerRelated: Some woodpeckers create cavities that provide nesting sites for many other species.

• Plant-animal interactionRelated: Some animal pollinators or seed dispersers sustain plant communities beyond their numbers.

• SciuridaeRelated: Prairie dogs can transform grasslands through colonies, grazing, and burrowing.

• Trophic ecologyRelated: Its removal can reorganize feeding relationships across an ecosystem.

• European bisonRelated: Wisent grazing and movement can influence vegetation and habitat structure.

• RodentiaRelated: Beavers and other rodents can alter habitat structure far beyond their own populations.

• Cavity-nestingRelated: Cavity excavators can create nesting habitat used by many other species.

• AlligatorRelated: Alligator predation and habitat modification can influence wetland communities beyond their numbers.

• Asian elephantRelated: Asian elephants shape vegetation and habitat through feeding and movement.

• Grizzly bearRelated: Grizzly feeding and carcass use can influence other species and ecosystem processes.

• Tide poolRelated: Predators such as sea stars can shape which organisms dominate nearby pools and rocks.

• DominateRelated: Ecological influence can be dominant without involving intentional control.

• HornbillRelated: Some hornbills disperse seeds over distances and through habitats few other animals match.

• MistletoeRelated: Some mistletoes provide food and habitat that support many other species.

• OtterRelated: Sea otter predation can restrain sea urchins and help sustain kelp forests.

• DecapodRelated: Some decapods strongly shape habitats and food webs through grazing, predation, or burrowing.

• FicusRelated: Figs that fruit when other foods are scarce can sustain diverse fruit-eating animals.

• LimpetRelated: Some limpet populations strongly affect algal cover and the structure of rocky-shore communities.

• MesocarnivoreRelated: Some mesocarnivores have keystone effects, but the terms describe different ecological properties.

• Quercus roburRelated: Oak trees support many associated organisms through their leaves, wood, bark, and acorns.

• AdansoniaRelated: Baobabs provide food, shelter, and nesting sites used by many organisms.

• Harvester antRelated: Some harvester ants strongly influence seed distributions and provide resources for other animals.

• PeccaryRelated: Peccaries can influence forest structure through feeding, trampling, and seed movement.

• Wild yakRelated: As a major grazer, wild yak can influence alpine vegetation and nutrient cycling.

• Multi-organism systemsRelated: A single species can reshape system-wide interactions despite being relatively uncommon.

• OcelotRelated: As a predator, the ocelot can influence prey populations, though its keystone status varies by ecosystem.

• Ruffed lemurRelated: Ruffed lemurs disperse seeds of large-fruited trees, influencing forest composition.

• Wildlife ecologyRelated: Its loss can reorganize wildlife communities and ecosystem processes.