ECOLOGY
ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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Question
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Moss growing on top of a rotting log
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Aquatic biomes
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Deer, Rabbits, and Fox sharing a field
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Fish and seahorses swimming around a reef.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Examples of microhabitats on the short grass prairie of the Llano Estacado include temporary pools of water, a decomposing log or animal, cryptobiotic soils, lichen growth, under rocks, leaf litter, termite tubes, and the interior of an ant bed.
Detailed explanation-2: -Forest microhabitats range from beneath the soil to the tops of the trees. Some examples include rotting logs, leaf litter, under rocks and in wet spots and puddles.
Detailed explanation-3: -Small animals such as insects, mice and frogs often make use of micro-habitats when the habitat they are in makes them vulnerable to predators. A rotting log may become home to a number of different insect species, a clump of moss, a cluster of forest fungus as well as a family of frogs.
Detailed explanation-4: -An overturned decomposing log or the underside of a rock in a stream are excellent examples of microhabitats. Both a habitat and a microhabitat have typical abiotic (e.g. water, temperature, light.