EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -In ecology, the term “niche” describes the role an organism plays in a community. A species’ niche encompasses both the physical and environmental conditions it requires (like temperature or terrain) and the interactions it has with other species (like predation or competition).

Detailed explanation-2: -The niche of an organism is the functional role that it plays within an ecosystem. The niche (better refined as the ‘ecological niche’) is determined by the biotic factors, which comprise of living features such as animals, plants and fungi, and abiotic factors.

Detailed explanation-3: -A niche is the role a species plays in the ecosystem. In other words, a niche is how an organism“makes a living.” A niche will include the organism’s role in the flow of energy through the ecosystem.

Detailed explanation-4: -Biotic factors affecting a species’ niche include food availability and predators. Abiotic factors affecting ecological niche include temperature, landscape characteristics, soil nutrients, light and other non-living factors.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ecological Niche☆ Ecological niche subsumes all of the interactions between a species and the biotic and abiotic environment, and thus represents a very basic and fundamental ecological concept.