Chapter 54.2, Problem 6LO

Summary Introduction

To distinguish: Keystone species and dominant species.

Introduction: Elucidation and inspection of patterns and processes within a community is known as community ecology. Communities contain large number of individuals of different species those interact with each other and are independent in various ways. Every organism plays one of the three important roles of the ecosystem in community life, namely producer, consumer, or decomposer. There are few species in a community that utilizes strong control of the structure and function of that particular community.