I know how to describe what an ecological niche is but how do i describe it when asked what a penguins ecological niche is?
Posted on April 5, 2011.
I know how to describe what an ecological niche is but how do i describe it when asked what a penguins ecological niche is?
A shorthand definition of niche is how an organism makes a living. The ecological niche describes how an organism or population responds to the distribution of resources and competitors (e.g., by growing when resources are abundant, and when predators, parasites and pathogens are scarce) and how it in turn alters those same factors (e.g., limiting access to resources by other organisms, acting as a food source for predators and a consumer of prey).