What's the difference between habitat and niche?

Habitat


Definition:

  • (v. t.) The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.
  • (v. t.) Place where anything is commonly found.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ecologic studies of small mammals in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) were conducted in 1974 in order to identify the specific habitats within the Lower Montane Forest that support Colorado tick fever (CTF) virus.
  • (2) pipiens disappeared in larval habitats by December but An.
  • (3) We have a moral duty to conserve them and to educate people about their habitat, health and the threats they face."
  • (4) Aggregated abundances of G. pulchrum resulted from variation generated across host sex subpopulations, while the dispersion patterns of T. turki appeared to be unaffected by the habitat variables examined in this study.
  • (5) Eighteen lichens from a variety of habitats were treated with 4-chlorobiphenyl (4-CB).
  • (6) Anopheles philippinensis, the usual vector in the paddy field habitat, was not present, but 1.4% of parous An.
  • (7) Seasonal and habitat influences on the egg-laying activity of four species of Culex were compared in south Florida using jar- and vat-type oviposition traps.
  • (8) The CDC light traps were useful in determining the seasonal and habitat distribution of Anopheles stephensi and An.
  • (9) It is clear that the metric takes something – biodiversity and habitats – that are inherently very complex and tries to simplify them for easier decision-making.
  • (10) As part of a concerted effort to avoid the in danger listing, the Queensland government came up with an alternative plan to dump the sediment within an enclosed area of the Caley Valley wetlands, which is considered nationally important habitat for more than 15 species of migratory birds.
  • (11) Abundance varied between years, related to availability of larval habitats.
  • (12) Since the epithelium is now known to be the parasite's habitat, its response to infection is important.
  • (13) The proposed $1.2bn Shenhua coalmine in New South Wales has been given the go-ahead to destroy the habitat of 262 koalas, which will be moved to another location if the mine goes ahead.
  • (14) People talk about poaching, but in the long-term it’s also about securing space for habitat.
  • (15) However, it is not the loss of habitat that is causing the current cat crisis in the Cairngorms.
  • (16) gaps) between species in habitat space, and why are there missing links between species in time as evidenced in the fossil record?
  • (17) There is, however, a converse way of looking at the situation, Which is often neglected but which may be of general biological interest: does the evolution of adaptations to desert environments necessarily involve loss of viability in more mesic habitats?
  • (18) These concentration gradients were, however, far less than those reported for bacteria from other habitats.
  • (19) A large number of source materials were collected for isolating entomopathogenic bacteria from larval mosquito habitats in Kirinyaga District, Kenya.
  • (20) Culicoides byersi, whose larval habitat was previously unknown, was reared from a cottonwood tree hole.

Niche


Definition:

  • (n.) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. hence, any similar position, literal or figurative.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Don't be afraid of being pigeonholed - it's great to have a niche.
  • (2) "We're not saying we're cutting niche parts," he said.
  • (3) The round window niche and membrane can be involved in clinical problems including perilymphatic fistulas, sensorineural hearing loss in otitis media, and a variety of others.
  • (4) But he quickly carved out a niche, introducing to an English-speaking audience the works of German-language writers, notably Friedrich Hölderlin, but also Brecht, Rilke, Grass and others.
  • (5) Namely: it takes one small, heavily publicised niche – affluent, usually white LGBTs – and presents them as representative of a whole spectrum of people.
  • (6) The social network remains a niche product, beloved by journalists, celebrities, and a hard core of miscellaneous obsessive users — but few others.
  • (7) The diversity of lake phytoplankton is unexpectedly high, since the epilimnion of a lake is continuously mixing and might be expected to have only one or at most a few niches for primary producers.
  • (8) The massive otosclerotic focus, obliterating the oval window niche, has a relatively high case incidence of 11-2 per cent in South Australia.
  • (9) Tech entrepreneurs will keep expanding into increasingly diverse niches, so it will be amusing to try and pick out the most obscure market being disrupted in 2014.
  • (10) -- (2) Nothing is known about a niche overlap of Austromenopon and Actornithophilus.
  • (11) The fundamental criterion was the size of the niche as established by radiologic examination.
  • (12) And because the market is expanding, ironically consoles may even have a larger customer base thanks to tablets and mobile devices: in a broader market, the 10% slice may end up bigger than the 100% slice of a smaller, niche market.
  • (13) The existence of equilibria at which there is no genetic load is examined.--The absolute fitness of any genotype is regarded as a function of location in the niche space and the population density at that location.
  • (14) Apparently the same SC system is adaptive in diverse species despite the very different behavioral repertories of these animals and their different ecological niches.
  • (15) As the sachets of powder, tubs of lotion, jars of jam, and bottles of juices and liqueurs that line his shelves testify, his hopes – and his money – are on a rather more niche fruit: baobab.
  • (16) The incorporation of interference into niche theory clarifies the competitive phenomenon of unstable equilibrium points, excess density compensation on islands, competitive avoidance by escape in time and space, the persistence of the "prudent predator," and the magnitude of the difference between the size of a species' fundamental niche and its realized niche.
  • (17) The oval window niche was filled with either 1 percent sodium hyaluronate or 0.9 percent NaCl.
  • (18) Furthermore, taking account of the visual system of certain species from other orders, it is assumed that the cytoarchitecture of the visual system is dependent more upon the ecological niche than on systematics.
  • (19) Revision of the left niche was undertaken shortly after the 5th bleeding two months postoperatively.
  • (20) A reimbursement system designed to encourage competition led to a "survival-of-the-fittest" mentality that prompted many managers to develop "competitive strategies" and look for "niche opportunities."