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ecological niche

1) The space occupied by a species, which includes both the physical space as well as the functional role of the species. 2) Ecological niche refers to the characteristics of an environment that provides all the essential food and protection for the continued survival of a particular species of flora or fauna. In addition to food and shelter, there is no long-term threat to existence in that place from potential predators, parasites and competitors. The concept of the ecological niche goes a long way beyond the idea of the species habitat. (Source: LBC / WRIGHT)


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Stomeo F, Valverde A, Pointing SB, McKay CP, Warren-Rhodes KA, Tuffin MI, Seely M, Cowan DA 2013. Hypolithic and soil microbial community assembly along an aridity gradient in the Namib Desert. Extremophiles 17 (2) 329-337
Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00792-013-0519-7
Murray IW, Fuller A, Lease HM, Mitchell D, Hetem RS 2016. Ecological niche separation of two sympatric insectivorous lizard species in the Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 124 225-232
Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196315300446
Houniet D 2007. The effects of environment and niche on the distributions of dwarf chameleons, present and future.
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de Cauwer V, Muys B, Revermann R, Trabucco A 2014. Potential, realised, future distribution and environmental suitability for Pterocarpus angolensis DC in southern Africa. Forest Ecology and Management 315 211-226
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Potential_realised_future distribution and environmental suitability for Pterocarpus angolensis DC in southern Africa.pdf 591.9 KB
Weber MAB, Bryson U 2023. Ecological niche modelling of tree and wood pipits in southern Africa and adjacent countries may help to delimit distributions based on citizen science data. Namibian Journal of Environment 7 (A) 14-20
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du Plessis MA, Simmons RE, Radford AN 2007. Behavioural ecology of the Namibian Violet WoodhoopoePhoeniculus damarensis. Ostrich 78 (1) 1 - 5
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