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Niche

 Niche is defined as the set of living and non-living factors in which a particular species is able of live and maintain a stable
population.

 Ecological niche is a basic concept in the ecology of living organisms, the ecological niche of these organism are sub-divided
as fundamental niche and realized niche.

 Fundamental niche is the environmental conditions in which the species can prevail. The realized niche is a group of
environmental and ecological conditions in which the species can prevail.

 Ecological niche is a term with in actual describes a relative position of a species or population in an ecosystem.

 It also includes the response of the population or species to the available resources and enemies and the effect of these
species on those factors.

 The non-living, physical factor is also a part of a niche as it influences the effect of the population and how the effects by
resources and its enemies.

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