The species was a keystone species.
Keystone species are the species that ''hold the ecosystem together''.
They have an important role in the trophic networks (food chains) and often they can even afflict changes in the abiotic part of the ecosystem (change the composition of soil, purify the water, lower the effect of the wind etc)
Therefore, when a keystone species is removed it affects greatly the whole ecosystem.
Answer:
c)other plants in the forest get nutrients.
Explanation:
Bacteria break down dead organisms and return the nutrients to the environment.
The second one most bacteria is good as long as they are in the multi cellular form<span />
