Multiple choice

What is niche width?

In ecology, a niche is a term describing the relational position of a species or population in its ecosystem to each other; The ecological niche describes how an organism or population responds to the distribution of resources and competitors and how it in turn alters those same factors. It can be of different types: Fundamental niche, Realized niche, Ecological niche, Spatial Niche, Trophic niche.

  1. It defines the range of population that responds to the distribution of resources.

  2. It refers to the variety of physical environment or the place where an organism lives.

  3. It refers to the differentiation of niche to avoid competition.

  4. It refers to the range of resources that an organism can use.

  5. Variety of population at a given region.

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Explanation

Niche-Width refers to the range of resources that an organism can use. For exp: the coefficient of variation in bill-width was found to be greater in island population of 6 species of birds (Paras sp.) than in main land population.