Why is it useful for an ecologist to identify the keystone species of an ecosystem?

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It is useful for an ecologist to identify the keystone species in an ecosystem because the keystone species is important to maintaining the stability of an ecosystem, and any changes in the keystone species population shows that there is changes in ecosystem health.

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