Keystone Predators Can Maintain Species Diversity in a Community If

question 34

Multiple Choice

Keystone predators can maintain species diversity in a community if they

• A) competitively exclude other predators.
• B) prey on the community's dominant species.
• C) allow immigration of other predators.
• D) reduce the number of disruptions in the community.
• E) prey only on the least abundant species in the community.

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