Wildlife Population Restoration - Session 4 - Terms

Question 1

Define habitat selection

Answer 1

the process by which an animal chooses which habitat components to use

Question 2

Define habitat

Answer 2

Resources and conditions present in an area that produce occupancy

Question 3

Define habitat preference

Answer 3

A consequence of the habitat selection process, that results in the disproportional use of some resources over others

Question 4

Define habitat availability

Answer 4

the accessibility and ability of an individual to obtain physical and biological components of the environment

Question 5

Define habitat quality

Answer 5

ability of the environment to provide conditions appropriate for individual and population persistence

Question 5

Define macrohabitat

Answer 5

large spatial extent that equates to the first level (order) of habitat selection

Question 6

Define microhabitat

Answer 6

-Finer-scaled habitat features, like:
-home range
- specific sites scale,
- or for specific components within their home ranges; and the resources/microsite level

Question 7

Define realized niche

Answer 7

the observed abundance or distribution of a species:

usually doesn’t include the full range of conditions the species could inhabit, and the physical conditions where the species does best

Question 8

Define physiological niche

Answer 8

the potential abundance or distribution