Multiple choice

Which of the following niches describes the relative position of a species or population in its ecosystem?

  1. Ecological niche

  2. The Grinnellian niche

  3. The Eltonian niche

  4. The Hutchinsonian niche
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Explanation

In ecology, a niche is a term describing the relational position of a species or population in its ecosystem to each other; e.g., a dolphin could potentially be in another ecological niche from one that travels in a different pod if the members of these pods utilize significantly different food resources and foraging methods

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