keystone species articles
What role do keystone species play?
The idea that every species holds equal weight in the intricate machinery of life is comforting, but ecology tells a mor...
How do invasive species disrupt habitats?
The arrival of a species into an ecosystem where it did not naturally evolve is rarely benign; instead, it frequently in...
Why do species become extinct?
The termination of a species, marked by the final death of its last individual or the irreversible loss of its ability t...
What defines a biological species?
The classification of life, that fundamental attempt to categorize the diversity we see around us, hinges on a single, s...
How does habitat fragmentation affect species?
The transformation of continuous natural space into a collection of isolated remnants—that is the essence of habitat fra...