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keystone predators maintain species diversity in a communityby
a. competitively excluding other predators
b. preying on the community's dominant species
c. allowing immigration of other predators
d. reducing the number of disruptions in the community
e. coevolving with their prey

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During the 1940s, military ships from the South Pacific accidentally introduced brown tree snakes from Australia to the island of Guam. These snakes eat birds, lizards, and small mammals in their native range of Australia. Since no species on Guam eats the snakes, their population has grown rapidly. Researchers estimate that two million tree snakes now inhabit the island. So far, 10 species of birds and 5 species of lizards have disappeared from Guam; small mammals have also decreased in abundance.

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False

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If birds on Guam usually disperse seeds, brown tree snakes likely had a negative indirect effect on plants.

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