Concept information
This concept has been deprecated.
Preferred term
habitat
Is replaced by
Definition
- [Henderson's] n. the environment within which an organism is normally found. A habitat is characterized by the physical characteristics of the environment and/or the dominant vegetation or other stable biotic characteristics. Examples of habitats can be as general as lakes, woodland or soil, or more specific, such as mudflats, the bark of an oak tree, chalk downland. cf. niche. see also Shelford’s law of tolerance.
Broader concept
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_238
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