Vasilios D

Humans can directly relate to the Starfish who run the tides. Without humans everything will change and thus we are most definitely keystone species. Following Paine's definition, the keystone species is one whose impacts on its community are larger and greater than its relative total biomass. Needless to say that since we have the accessibility of technology, we are that much greater than that of the common keystone species. The planet would be nothing but green and blue if it were not for us and all of our equipment. Even though our population is rising at exponential rates, our technologies are double if not tripling(especially in China) what humans can do on their own; and for that sole reason is why humans are indeed keystone species.