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- Dictionaryhabitat/ˈhabɪtat/
noun
- 1. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism: "wild chimps in their natural habitat"
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Ecological or environmental area inhabited by a particular species; natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds a species population
In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and 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, fo... Wikipedia
