This document discusses habitat and niche. It defines habitat as the natural environment where an organism lives, including physical factors like temperature and moisture as well as biotic factors like availability of food and predators. A microhabitat refers to small-scale habitat requirements. Examples of animal and plant habitats are provided for different regions. Niche is defined as an organism's role in an ecosystem, including what it eats, where it lives, and what it does. The fundamental niche is the full range of conditions an organism can survive in, while the realized niche is the actual conditions it is found in due to interactions. Examples of beaver, raccoon, and red-tailed hawk/barred owl niches are described to illustrate these concepts

1. HABITAT AND NICHE

2. HABITAT

4. habitat
The area or
natural
environment in
which an
organism or
population
normally lives.

5. habitat
physical environment
biotic environment

6. habitat
physical environment
soil moisture
range of
temperature
availability
of light

7. habitat
biotic environment
availability of food presence of predators

8. habitat
In a habitat,
an organism
must find…
food
water
shelter
space

9. habitat
MICROHABITAT
the term microhabitat is
often used to describe small-
scale physical requirements of a
particular organism or
population.

10. habitat
Examples of microhabitat:
Log rotting in a forest

11. habitat
Space
between
rocks

12. habitat
a tree
a flower

13. habitat
Examples:
animals

14. American crow, Cooper's hawk, northern goshawk, yellow
warbler, alder flycatcher, red-eyed vireo, dark eyed junco,
Meadow vole, white-footed deer mouse, northern flying
squirrel, red squirrel, red fox, beaver, white-tailed deer.

15. Starfish, Sea Urchin and Jelly Fish,Brittlestar, the Gravel Sea
Cucumber, the Phosphorescent Sea Pen, the Trembling Sea
Mat and the Sea Toad.

16. fish, whales, sharks, seals, arctic terns,
and penguins

17. Dromedary camels, goats, deathstalker scorpion, fennec fox, pale fox,
Rüppell's fox, addax, dorcas gazelle, Saharan cheetah, monitor lizards,
hyrax, Sand vipers, African Wild Dog, ostrich, desert crocodiles, African
Silverbill, Black-throated Firefinch, kangaroo rat, coyote, jack rabbit,
lizards.

18. habitat
Examples:
humans

20. habitat
Examples:
plants

22. NICHE

23. • A niche is an organism’s role (job) in the
ecosystem
• It includes what it eats, where it lives, and
what it does.
niche

24. niche
Types of niche:
Fundamental niche
Realized niche

25. niche
FUNDAMENTAL NICHE
can be defined as the range of
environmental conditions in
which each of the species
survives.

26. niche
REALIZED NICHE
can be termed as the range of
environmental conditions in
which a species is really found.

27. Example of
Fundamental and
Realized Niche

28. niche
example:
raccoons
naturally live in
forests and eats
insects, fruits, and
other small creatures

29. niche
example: encroachment by
humans changes
their habitat to an
urban environment
and they start to live
off of our trash and
other waste
raccoons

30. Examples of Niche….
niche

31. A beaver’s niche in the ecosystem includes:
• cutting down trees
• building a dam to flood an
area and make a pond
• building a lodge to live in
• raising a family of beavers
• chewing bark and wood
niche

32. Red-Tailed Hawk & Barred Owl
•Birds of prey
•Live in forests
on the edge of
fields
•Eat mice and
other rodents
•Nest in trees

33. •No two species can occupy the exact
same niche, because no two species do
the exact same thing.

34. •If they do, or try
to, one will do it
better and the other
will have to change
or become extinct.

35. THANK YOU
JULIE VALERIE V. DAGANZO BEED-II