When common garden spiders are present, insect diversity is much higher than when they are absent. Common garden spiders are most likely a      ecosystem engineer     dominant species     keystone species

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Communities and Ecosystems

Ecology contains two words: Eikos means dwelling, and logy means to study, so the combined meaning is studying habitat or living.