The more commonly used light-year is also presently defined to be equal to precisely 7007315576000000000â 31557600 light-seconds, since the definition of a year is based on a Julian year (not Gregorian year) of exactly 365.25 days, each of exactly 7004864000000000000â 86400 SI seconds.
Keystone resource a component of the environment utilized by individuals in the ecological community without which the individuals would not thrive or without which the ecological community structure would be negatively effected. Kin selection
The role that a keystone species plays in its ecosystem is analogous to the role of a keystone in an arch. While the keystone is under the least pressure of any of the stones in an arch, the arch still collapses without it.Similarly, an ecosystem may experience a dramatic shift if a keystone species is removed, even though that species was a small part of the ecosystem by measures of biomass or productivity.It became a popular concept in conservation biology.he jaguar, whose numbers in Central and South America have been classified as near threatened, acts as a keystone predator by its widely varied diet, helping to balance the mammalian jungle ecosystem with its consumption of 87 different species of prey. The gray wolf is another known keystone species as is the lion.