Are Orchids a Keystone Species?

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I’m working on a science report and I need to know if Orchids are a keystone species in the Indonesian rain forests.

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  • Very unlikely. What organisms are dependent upon them?

  • A keystone species is a species that has a disproportionately large effect on its environment relative to its abundance.[1] Such species play a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community, affecting many other organisms in an ecosystem and helping to determine the types and numbers of various other species in the community.

    No, they don’t have a huge impact on the environment.

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_sp…

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