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Also Gause's law. A biological rule which states that two species cannot coexist in the same environment if they are competing for exactly the same resource, often memorably summarized as "complete competitors cannot coexist". coniferous forest One of the primary terrestrial biomes, culminating in the taiga. conservation biology The study of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting and ...
Thus "habitat" is a species-specific term, fundamentally different from concepts such as environment or vegetation assemblages, for which the term "habitat-type" is more appropriate. [2] The physical factors may include (for example): soil, moisture, range of temperature, and light intensity.
Biotope is almost synonymous with the term "habitat", which is more commonly used in English-speaking countries. However, in some countries these two terms are distinguished: the subject of a habitat is a population, the subject of a biotope is a biocoenosis or "biological community". [1]
Habitat shifts provide important evidence of competition in nature where one population changes relative to the habitats that most other individuals of the species occupy. For example, one population of a species of tropical lizard ( Tropidurus hispidus ) has a flattened body relative to the main populations that live in open savanna.
Note: This category should only contain articles about things for which being a habitat (i.e. being inhabited) is a defining characteristic. E.g. a puddle may sometimes be a habitat, but is a puddle whether or not there is anything living in it.
The term habitat comes from ecology, and includes many interrelated features, especially the immediate physical environment, the urban environment or the social environment. At the individual and family levels, one's habitat is one's home and the buildings in which one goes about daily life.
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Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play; Habitat 67, a housing complex in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement; Space habitat (facility), a habitation module; Underwater habitat, a fixed underwater structure in which people can live for extended periods