Irresponsible and illegal' release of four lynxes into Scottish Highlands 'entirely counterproductive' say conservationists ...

Keystone species play the same role in many ecological ... Hayward & M. J. Somers (Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), 92–125.

There’s no food in the shops and woolly mammoths run wild through the UK’s streets ... Scientists gasp in awe at this amazing keystone species, as it thaws out from its cryogenic ice preservation.

exerting a strong influence over the occurrence and distribution of other species. In contrast, keystone species have effects on communities that far exceed their abundance. That is to say ...

which releases many nutrients into the ecosystem and bees that play a vital role in pollinating many plant species. If these keystone species were removed, the ecosystem could collapse.