Discovering Keystone Species

Discovering Keystone Species | This classroom poster illustrates Robert Paine’s pioneering experiment that demonstrated the importance of top-down regulation of ecological communities by predators and led to his coining of the term keystone species.

The worksheet follows along with the click & learn tool for HHMI Biointeractive. The link to the interactive can be found here

HHMI BioInteractive: Exploring Keystone Species Worksheet

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