0 the natural environment in which an animal or plant usually lives: --
1 the natural surroundings in which an animal or plant usually lives --
The symbiotic state enables the lichen thallus to colonize extreme habitats where the separate bionts would not be able to survive.
It should be noted, however, that while volunteer plants serve as a habitat for natural enemies, they also constitute a refuge for potato tuber moth.
Foraging efficiencies of competing rodents: why do gerbils exhibit shared-preference habitat selection?
For analysis, the wheat fields and the three successional stages of wildflower areas were considered as four different habitat types.
Many habitats such as mangroves and wetlands are disappearing fast.
The third theme explores whether transgenic crops are necessary for the production of wildlife habitat and wilderness, and to feed the world's population.
Concurrent with habitat loss is the decreasing numbers of wild animals, particularly carnivores, in many countries.
These species also occupy different habitats (intestine and stomach, respectively) and thus their co-occurrence is very possible.
