Concept explainers
To analyze:
Difference between habitat and niche
Introduction:
A habitat is a natural environment where specific organisms live and use the
Explanation of Solution
The difference between the habitat and niche is below
S.N. | Basic comparison | Habitat | Niche |
1 | composition | One or more niche | Niche is unit that does not have any component. |
2 | size | large | Smaller than habitat |
3 | Nature | Physical | Functional |
4 | Supports | Various species at a time | Single species at a time |
5 | Specificity | Not specific | specific |
6 | Example | Field, lake, tree | Anteaters keep the ant population. |
Hence, the niche is the interaction between the environmental factors in the ecosystem, and habitat is the place where organisms live. Both the terms are closely related to each other.
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