Consider the following facts:

1. Ecotopes are the smallest ecologically distinct landscape features in a landscape mapping and classification system.
2. Ecotopes are the same as ecological niche.

Which of the above statements is/are true?

Ecotopes are the smallest ecologically distinct landscape features in a landscape mapping and classification system. As such, they represent relatively homogeneous, spatially explicit landscape functional units that are useful for stratifying landscapes into ecologically distinct features for the measurement and mapping of landscape structure, function and change. In ecology, a niche is a term describing the way of life of a species. Each species is thought to have a separate, unique niche. The ecological niche describes how an organism or population responds to the distribution of resources and competitors.