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    A habitat includes all biotic and abiotic factors in an organism's environment, while a niche more specifically includes the factors an organism needs to survive, like food sources and behaviors. Competition occurs when multiple species utilize the same resources in a habitat, and competitive exclusion prevents two species from occupying the same niche long-term, often resulting in one species being better adapted to the niche or the niche being divided between the two competitors. Ecological equivalents are species that fill similar roles in their respective habitats, even if they exist in different geographical regions.

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    A habitat includes all biotic and abiotic factors in an organism's environment, while a niche more specifically includes the factors an organism needs to survive, like food sources and behaviors. Competition occurs when multiple species utilize the same resources in a habitat, and competitive exclusion prevents two species from occupying the same niche long-term, often resulting in one species being better adapted to the niche or the niche being divided between the two competitors. Ecological equivalents are species that fill similar roles in their respective habitats, even if they exist in different geographical regions.

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    14.

    1 Habitat And Niche


    KEY CONCEPT
    Every organism has a habitat and a niche.
    14.1 Habitat And Niche
    !   A habitat differs from a niche.
    •  A habitat is all aspects of the area in which an organism
    lives.
    –  biotic factors
    –  abiotic factors
    •  An ecological niche
    includes all of the
    factors that a
    species needs to
    survive, stay healthy,
    and reproduce.
    –  food
    –  abiotic conditions
    –  behavior
    14.1 Habitat And Niche
    !   Resource availability gives structure to a community.
    •  Species can share habitats and resources.
    •  Competition occurs when two species use resources in the
    same way.
    •  Competitive exclusion keeps two species from occupying
    the same niche.
    14.1 Habitat And Niche

    •  Competitive exclusion has different outcomes.


    –  One species is better suited to the niche and the other
    will either be pushed out or become extinct.
    –  The niche will be divided.
    –  The two species will further diverge.
    14.1 Habitat And Niche

    •  Ecological equivalents are species that occupy similar


    niches but live in different geographical regions.

    Madagascar

    South America

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