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A habitat (which is Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 for "it inhabits") is an ecological or environmental
Natural environment

The natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is a term that encompasses all life and non-living things occurring nature on Earth or some region thereof....
 area that is inhabited by a particular animal
Animal

Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the Kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life....
 or plant
Plant

Plants are Life organisms belonging to the Kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae....
 species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
. It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds (influences and is utilized by) a species population
Population

File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
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The term "species population" is preferred to "organism" because, while it is possible to describe the habitat of a single black bear, we may not find any particular or individual bear but the grouping of bears that comprise a breeding population and occupy a certain biogeographical area.






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A habitat (which is Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 for "it inhabits") is an ecological or environmental
Natural environment

The natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is a term that encompasses all life and non-living things occurring nature on Earth or some region thereof....
 area that is inhabited by a particular animal
Animal

Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the Kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life....
 or plant
Plant

Plants are Life organisms belonging to the Kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae....
 species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
. It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds (influences and is utilized by) a species population
Population

File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
.

The term "species population" is preferred to "organism" because, while it is possible to describe the habitat of a single black bear, we may not find any particular or individual bear but the grouping of bears that comprise a breeding population and occupy a certain biogeographical area. Further, this habitat could be somewhat different from the habitat of another group or population of black bears living elsewhere. Thus it is neither the species nor the individual for which the term habitat is typically used.

A microhabitat is a physical location that is home to very small creatures, such as woodlice. Microenvironment
Urban wilderness

Where appreciation for the importance of biodiversity meets the New Urbanism movement, one can find the pursuit of the creation of urban wilderness....
 is the immediate surroundings and other physical factors of an individual plant or animal within its habitat.

Human Habitat


Human habitat is the environment in which human beings live, work, play and move about. It is not just a dwelling place – a house - but the sum of all factors that constitute the total environment.Such as citys,countrys,and schools

See also

  • Avian range expansion
    Avian range expansion

    Avian Range Expansion describes how birds expand their habitat. Throughout the last century a number of birds have expanded their range. Birds that were once thought to be only located on the West Coast of the United States of North America have moved eastward all the way to the East Coast of the United States, an example would be the Brew...
  • Biological exponential growth
    Biological exponential growth

    When the resources availability is unlimited in the habitat, the population of an organism living in the habitat grows in an exponential or geometric fashion....
  • Habitat conservation
    Habitat conservation

    To conserve habitat areas for wild conservation reliant species and prevent their extinction or reduction in range is a priority of a great many groups that cannot be easily characterized in terms of any one ideology....
  • Habitat destruction
    Habitat destruction

    Habitat destruction is the process in which natural habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species originally present. In this process, plants and animals which previously used the site are displaced or destroyed, reducing biodiversity....
  • Natural environment
    Natural environment

    The natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is a term that encompasses all life and non-living things occurring nature on Earth or some region thereof....
  • Reconciliation ecology
    Reconciliation ecology

    Reconciliation ecology is the science of accommodating wild species within human-modified or -occupied landscapes. It holds that protecting wilderness, though necessary, is not enough to preserve biodiversity given the large area required for a diverse range of species to survive in the long term....
  • Source-sink dynamics
    Source-sink dynamics

    Source-sink dynamics is a theoretical model used by ecologists to describe how variation in habitat quality may affect the population dynamics growth or decline of organism....


Further reading

  • Clements, Frederic E.
    Frederic Clements

    Frederic Edward Clements was an United States plant ecologist and pioneer in the study of vegetation succession.Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, he studied botany at the University of Nebraska, graduating in 1894 and obtaining a doctorate in 1898....
    , and Victor E. Shelford. 1939. Bio-ecology. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 425 pp.
  • Social Production of Habitat
    Social production of habitat

    Social production is an international term used to convey the process and product arising from the experience of people in a community collectively determining the conditions of their own habitat ....


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