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Habitat Niche

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

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Habitat Niche

Ecological niche includes dimensions like:

“Temperature, humidity, food resources, etc.” for ecological niche includes dimensions like. This relationship follows from the ecological mechanism represented by the terms in the item, not merely from an association between their names. Habitat describes where an organism occurs; niche additionally describes how it obtains resources and affects or responds to other organisms. Distribution therefore provides evidence about a niche but is not identical to it. The remaining alternatives—“Only temperature”, “Only food resources”, “Only geographical location”—refer to different states, processes,

Ref: Ecology: Concepts and Applications, Molles, 9th Ed., Ch. 13

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