Population distributions have five important characteristics

Geographic range

Abundance

Density

Dispersion

Dispersal

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Ecological niche modeling - The process of determining the suitable habitat conditions for a species.

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Ecological envelope - The range of ecological conditions that are predicted to be suitable for a species.

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Major component of ecological niche

1. Space Habitat

2. Eating habit

3. Environmental variant

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The Hutchinsonian niche is an "n-dimensional hypervolume", where the dimensions are environmental conditions and resources

                                                                                    

                                                                                              

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The differentiation of niches that enables similar species to coexist in a community is called resource partitioning.

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