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Niche
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.