Key term for OCR GCSE Geography B, used in Polar Environments.
A species that has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance, such that its removal would cause a collapse of the ecosystem food web.
Keystone species appears in OCR GCSE Geography B revision content for Sustaining Ecosystems, especially Polar Environments and Polar Region Characteristics.
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