I have this project to do on the Golden Poison frog, And one of the requirements is to put the “Niche Description” of the from!
But what is that?
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What Is A “niche” When Talking Animals?
Posted on April 18, 2011.
it is the role of an organism in its environment.
Hedgehogs in my garden also have an ecological niche. They rummage about in the flowerbeds eating a variety of insects and other invertebrates which live underneath the dead leaves and twigs in the flowerbeds. That is their profession. They are covered in sharp spines which protect them from predators, so being caught and eaten is not a part of their job description.
However, hedgehogs cannot groom themselves properly. All those spines on their backs make a superb environment or microhabitat for fleas and ticks.
My hedgehogs put nitrogen back into the soil when they urinate! I don’t know how much nitrogen they put into the soil but it probably helps the plants if they do. I think that they eat my slugs, so that reduces the effect which slugs have on the flowers.
So the idea of an ecological niche is very simple. You just need to know where the animal or plant lives and what it does.
Hope this helps