A habitat is specifically:
“The physical place where organisms live” for a habitat is specifically. This relationship follows from the ecological mechanism represented by the terms in the item, not merely from an association between their names. Niche differentiation reduces overlap by separating species along resource, space, or time axes. Such partitioning can stabilize coexistence when each species performs relatively better under the conditions it uses most strongly. The remaining alternatives—“A role in the ecosystem”, “A theoretical concept”, “Only occupied temporarily”—refer to different states, processes, or sca
Ref: Ecology: Concepts and Applications, Molles, 9th Ed., Ch. 13