A Species That Plays a Critical Role in Maintaining the Structure

question 5

Multiple Choice

A species that plays a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community and helps to determine the types and numbers of various other species in the community is known as

• A)a predator.
• B)a keystone species.
• C)the primary species.
• D)the dominant species.
• E)the alpha species.

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Definitions:

Product Variety

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Underallocation of Resources

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