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Habitat

Meaning in biology, with examples

/ˈhæbɪtæt/nounCore term

In biology, habitat means: The natural place where a particular organism or species lives and finds the food, shelter and conditions it needs.

In Turkish: yaşam alanı, habitat, yetişme ortamı

How it is used

Common in ecology and conservation. Typical phrases: natural habitat, habitat loss, habitat destruction and habitat fragmentation. A habitat is the place; the role a species plays there is its niche.

Example sentences

  1. Habitat loss is the biggest threat to many amphibian species.

  2. The Mediterranean monk seal needs undisturbed sea caves as its breeding habitat.

Common collocations

  • natural habitat
  • habitat loss
  • habitat destruction
  • suitable habitat
  • habitat fragmentation
  • ecosystemA community of living things together with the non-living parts of their environment, such as water, soil and climate, all interacting as one system.
  • speciesA group of similar organisms that can breed with each other and produce fertile offspring. It is the basic unit used to classify living things.
  • populationAll the members of one species that live in the same area at the same time and can breed with each other.
  • invasive speciesA species brought by humans, on purpose or by accident, to a region where it does not naturally live, and which spreads and harms native species or the ecosystem.

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