Talk:Keystone species

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Maddox said it best for every animal you don't eat I will eat three.

This material is so deficient as to be misleading. Not even a stub, rather a stubbin. Who can help?

It's important that certain ecosystem impacts of keystone species be addressed. Maybe someone can speak to the ability of a keystone species to promote or ensure diversity within a given system. Perhaps utilizing the classic starfish model.

169.231.32.113 00:20, 7 December 2006 (UTC)Samuel

I've removed domestic cats as being a key stone species/predator. I believe feral cats may be in some cases, but I know of none. Domestic cats are artificially high in abundance, due to their home food supply, than the environment would allow (e.g. number of bobcats in wild). This is along with their hunting habits allows for a much greater impact on the environment than their relative biomass. Their instinct to hunt for means other than food only harm other populations on animals, and does not benefit the ecosystem or local food web as a keystone predator would. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.16.173.54 (talk) 19:14, 2 December 2007 (UTC)