Niche

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Niche or an organisms ecological niche is the smallest unit of a specific habitat or ecosystem that is inhabited. It is as if the environment or ecosystem is the residence and the ecological niche is the organisms many jobs or actions that make it very competitive within that environment.

Take for instance the Tomatoe plant and its ecosystem. It consists of mineral-rich soil, plenty of water and plenty of sun. It's ecological niche, or jobs are photosynthesis, as well as absorbtion of water and important minerals from the soil it is planted in.

References

• Niche by Alexei Sharov 1997, Virginia Tech's Entomology Department

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See Also

• Plant
• Adaptation
• Phenotype
• Genotype
• Phenotypic plasticity
• Mutation
• Genetic recombination