Deutsch: Lebensraum / Español: Hábitat / Português: Habitat / Français: Habitat / Italiano: Habitat /
A habitat is
- the natural home of an animal or plant;
- the sum of the Environmental conditions that determine the existence of a Community in a specific place.
Other definition:
A Habitat is the specific environment in which an organism lives and on which it depends for food and shelter.
Other definition:
A habitat is "The place where a population (e.g., human, animal, plant, microorganism) lives and its surroundings, both living and non-living" (EPA 1992, 14).
Other definition:
A habitat is a place where the physical and biological elements of ecosystems provide a suitable environment including the food, cover, and space resources needed for plant and animal livelihood.
Other definition:
A Habitat is the environment in which an animal lives.
Other definition:
Habitat is the place or type of place where an organism or population of organisms lives. Compare ecological niche.
---> see also:
"habitat" is in the NAICS Code "11251"
(Inofficial Code)
fish and other aquatic animals from their natural habitat are classified in Industry 11411, Fishing.