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December 2006

This material is so deficient as to be misleading. Not even a stub, rather a stubbin. Who can help?

It's important that certain ecosystem impacts of keystone species be addressed. Maybe someone can speak to the ability of a keystone species to promote or ensure diversity within a given system. Perhaps utilizing the classic starfish model.

169.231.32.113 00:20, 7 December 2006 (UTC)Samuel[reply]

December 2007

I've removed domestic cats as being a key stone species/predator. I believe feral cats may be in some cases, but I know of none. Domestic cats are artificially high in abundance, due to their home food supply, than the environment would allow (e.g. number of bobcats in wild). This is along with their hunting habits allows for a much greater impact on the environment than their relative biomass. Their instinct to hunt for means other than food only harm other populations on animals, and does not benefit the ecosystem or local food web as a keystone predator would. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.16.173.54 (talk) 19:14, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Key species

Can "key species" redirect to "keystone species"? I think, that yes, but I have no evidence.--Snek01 (talk) 23:48, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

July 2011

Article remains deficient to the point of maybe being misleading. Under examples, three types are listed, as though these are the only ways a species might function as an ecosystem keystone. Oysters, for example, fit into none of those categories. Rentstrike (talk) 23:33, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Can "key species" redirect to "keystone species"? I think, that yes, but I have no evidence.--[[User:Snek01|Snek01]] ([[User talk:Snek01|talk]]) 23:48, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
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+Article remains deficient to the point of maybe being misleading. Under examples, three types are listed, as though these are the only ways a species might function as an ecosystem keystone. Oysters, for example, fit into none of those categories. [[User:Rentstrike|Rentstrike]] ([[User talk:Rentstrike|talk]]) 23:33, 29 July 2011 (UTC)