Challenges in the quest for keystones: Identifying keystone species is difficult-but essential to understanding how loss of species will affect ecosystems

Mary E. Power; David Tilman; James A. Estes; Bruce A. Menge; William J. Bond; L. Scott Mills; Gretchen Daily; Juan Carlos Castilla; Jane Lubchenco; Robert T. Paine

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Challenges in the quest for keystones: Identifying keystone species is difficult-but essential to understanding how loss of species will affect ecosystems

Mary E. Power
, David Tilman
, James A. Estes
, Bruce A. Menge
, William J. Bond
, L. Scott Mills
, Gretchen Daily
, Juan Carlos Castilla
, Jane Lubchenco
, Robert T. Paine

Wildlife Biology

University of California at Berkeley
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University of Washington

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	609-620
Number of pages	12
Journal	BioScience
Volume	46
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/1312990
State	Published - Sep 1996

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