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  2. Ecological niche - Wikipedia

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    In other words, the niche is the sum of the habitat requirements and behaviors that allow a species to persist and produce offspring. For example, the behavior of the California thrasher is consistent with the chaparral habitat it lives in—it breeds and feeds in the underbrush and escapes from its predators by shuffling from underbrush to ...

  3. Habitat - Wikipedia

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    The word "habitat" has been in use since about 1755 and derives from the Latin habitāre, to inhabit, from habēre, to have or to hold.Habitat can be defined as the natural environment of an organism, the type of place in which it is natural for it to live and grow.

  4. Habit (biology) - Wikipedia

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    For example: if a species develops a disease or there is a drastic change of habitat or local climate, or it is removed to a different region, then the normal habits may change. Such changes may be either pathological, or adaptive. [4]

  5. Biogeography - Wikipedia

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    Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time.Organisms and biological communities often vary in a regular fashion along geographic gradients of latitude, elevation, isolation and habitat area. [1]

  6. Environmental psychology - Wikipedia

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    Environmental psychology is a branch of psychology that explores the relationship between humans and the external world. [1] It examines the way in which the natural environment and our built environments shape us as individuals.

  7. Ecopsychology - Wikipedia

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    Ecopsychology is an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary field that focuses on the synthesis of ecology and psychology and the promotion of sustainability. [1] [2] [3] It is distinguished from conventional psychology as it focuses on studying the emotional bond between humans and the Earth.

  8. Habitability - Wikipedia

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    Habitability is the conformance of a residence or abode to the implied warranty of habitability. [circular definition] A residence that complies is said to be habitable.It is an implied warranty or contract, meaning it does not have to be an express contract, covenant, or provision of a contract.

  9. Adaptation - Wikipedia

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    Adaptation is the evolutionary process whereby an organism becomes better able to live in its habitat or habitats. [25] [26] [27] 2. Adaptedness is the state of being adapted: the degree to which an organism is able to live and reproduce in a given set of habitats. [28] 3.