What is the role of keystone species in maintaining diversity?

Species diversity is measured through a combination of species richness (the number of species present) and species evenness (the abundance of each species). Biodiversity includes the genes that every individual inherits from its parents and passes on to the next generation. Genetic diversity is found everywhere, ... Jun 11, 2007 ... Theoretical analyses and experimental studies of synthesized assemblages indicate that under particular circumstances species diversity can ... Aug 1, 2017 ... Land managers use this knowledge in planning restoration work, and take care to include a diversity of plant species. Selective logging that is commonly conducted in tropical forests may change tree species diversity. In rarely disturbed tropical forests, locally rare ... In this study, we utilized bulk DNA and environmental DNA metabarcoding in the Ulleung Basin, known for its high zooplankton species diversity. Mar 15, 2025 ... The human fingerprint of medicinal plant species diversity · Downloads · Authors · Abstract · DOI · Subjects · Keywords · Dates · Older Versions. Abstract. Cryptic diversity, defined as two or more distinct species that were classified as a single one due to morphological similarity, is believed to be a ... Our goal was to determine which landscape features are important controls on species richness, to establish how these constraints are expressed at different ... Original language, English. Title of host publication, Arctic Biodiversity Assessment : Status and trends in Arctic biodiversity. Editors, H. Meltofte.