Ecosystem Engineers, Keystone Species

Sanne de Visser; Elisa Thébault; Peter de Ruiter

doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0851-3_569

Ecosystem Engineers, Keystone Species

Sanne de Visser, Elisa Thébault, Peter de Ruiter

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This entry focuses on two ecological phenomena. The first is “keystone species” which is defined by Paine [34] as a species (mostly of high trophic status) whose activities exert a disproportionate influence on the patterns of species occurrence, distribution, and density in a community. The second is the concept of “ecosystem engineers” defined by Jones et al. [19] as organisms that directly or indirectly modulate the availability of resources (other than themselves) to other species by causing physical state changes in biotic or abiotic materials.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
Editors	Robert A. Meyers
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	569
Pages	3299-3306
ISBN (Electronic)	9781441908513
ISBN (Print)	9780387894690
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0851-3_569
Publication status	Published - 2012

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