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Re:Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest by honkycat on Sunday October 25, 2020 @03:22PM (#24889103)
The classic example is the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone: https://sites.tufts.edu/tuftsgetsgreen/2018/02/27/wolves-cha...
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Re:Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest by tzs on Sunday October 25, 2020 @05:25PM (#24890022)
Wolves in Yellowstone are a "keystone species" [1].

A year ago, there was a fascinating episode of "Nature" on PBS about keystone species. It's available for free online streaming here [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_species

[2] https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/the-serengeti-rules-41dfru/2...

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Re:Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest by ganafagol on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:16AM (#24893565)
The sad thing with this "keystone species" concept is that people see it as "oh but this weird insect that's about to go extinct in south-east asia is not a keystone species, so whatever."
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