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The ‘Keystone Species’ effect
A ‘Keystone Species’ has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance.
- The best example of this is the honey bee. Honeybees are responsible for the large majority of plant pollination. Without bees to pollinate these plants, not only will plant species die off but so will the herbivores that rely on those plants as their main food source.
- Additionally, this will affect secondary consumers who rely on those herbivores as a primary food source. This domino effect continues throughout the food chain and eventually destroys an ecosystem entirely.
A“KEYSTONE” SPECIES
In any organization or community, the “keystone” is considered one of the most vital parts. In any type of ecosystem, a keystone species is an organism that helps hold the system together. Some ecosystems might not be able to adapt to environmental changes if their keystone species disappeared.
The best example of this is the honey bee. Honeybees are responsible for a large majority of plant pollination. Without bees to pollinate these plants, not only will plant species die off but so will the animals that rely on those plants as their main food source. Additionally, this will affect secondary consumers who rely on those animals as a primary food source. This domino effect continues throughout the food chain and eventually will destroy the ecosystem entirely.
If bees disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, finally no more man.
FOUR YEARS
If bees disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live. -Albert Einstein
No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, finally no more man’.
ESTABLISHED IN 1998, KEYSTONE SOLUTIONS, INC.
has been a single-family office with a focus on private equity and commercial real estate investing. We use EB-5 financing from our Keystone regional centers that are licensed with the US Government. This enables significantly higher returns on our investments, making more ‘honey’ for all of us.
AT KEYSTONE, WE ARE POLLINATORS
- Identifying opportunities and patterns
- Sharing and leveraging knowledge
- Combining capital
- Mobilizing people and resources to get things done!