habitat
Sign in to savethumb|This coral reef in the [[Phoenix Islands Protected Area provides habitat for numerous marine species.]] thumb|Few creatures make the ice shelf|ice shelves of [[Antarctica their habitat, but water beneath the ice can provide habitat for multiple species. Animals such as penguins have adapted to live in very cold conditions.]] thumb| Ibex in an alpine habitat
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A habitat is the natural environment where an animal or plant lives, including the physical features and conditions that support its survival. Different habitats—such as coral reefs, ice shelves, and alpine regions—each support distinct groups of species that have adapted to thrive in those particular conditions.
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24 sectionsContents
- Definition and etymology
- Environmental factors
- Types
- Terrestrial
- Arid
- List of arid habitat types
- Wetland and riparian
- Examples of wetland and riparian habitat types
- Forest
- Examples of forest habitat types
- Freshwater
- Marine
- List of marine habitat types
- Urban
- Microhabitat types
- Extreme habitat types
- Habitat change
- Fragmentation
- Destruction
- Habitat protection
- Monotypic habitat
- See also
- Notes and references
- External links
thumb|This coral reef in the [[Phoenix Islands Protected Area provides habitat for numerous marine species.]] thumb|Few creatures make the ice shelf|ice shelves of [[Antarctica their habitat, but water beneath the ice can provide habitat for multiple species. Animals such as penguins have adapted to live in very cold conditions.]] thumb| Ibex in an alpine habitat
In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species' habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ecological niche. Thus "habitat" is a species-specific term, fundamentally different from concepts such as environment or vegetation assemblages, for which the term "habitat-type" is more appropriate.