ecological niche
Noun 1. (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species) (synonym) niche (hypernym) condition, status (classification) ecology, bionomics, environmental science | ||||
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Ecological niche Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Ecological Niche
Is all of the physical, chemical and biological conditions required by a species for survival, growth and reproduction. Two further abstractions of this concept are the fundamental niche and the realized niche.
Is all of the physical, chemical and biological conditions required by a species for survival, growth and reproduction. Two further abstractions of this concept are the fundamental niche and the realized niche.
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Ecological niche
"The position or status of an organism within its community and ecosystemresulting in the organism’s structural adaptatios , physiological responses and specific behaviour (inherited and / or learned). Depends not only on where an organissm lives but on what it does. The habitat is the organisms’s address, and the ecological niche its profession, biologically speaking". See: Habitat
"The position or status of an organism within its community and ecosystemresulting in the organism’s structural adaptatios , physiological responses and specific behaviour (inherited and / or learned). Depends not only on where an organissm lives but on what it does. The habitat is the organisms’s address, and the ecological niche its profession, biologically speaking". See: Habitat
Ecological niche Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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ecological niche
ecological niche
n : (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species) [syn: niche]
ecological niche
n : (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species) [syn: niche]
Ecological niche Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Ecological niche
In ecology, a niche (pronounced nich, neesh or nish) is a term describing the relational position of a species or population in its ecosystem. The ecological niche describes how an organism or population responds to the distribution of resources and competitors (e. g., by growing when resources are abundant, and predators, parasites and pathogens are scarce) and how it in turn alters those same factors (e.g., limiting access to resources by other organisms, acting as a food source for predators and a consumer of prey).
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