Habitat

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-012766",
  "term": "Habitat",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The place where an organism lives and its surrounding environment, including its biotic and abiotic components. Habitat includes everything an organism needs to survive.\n\n2. Place where a plant or animal lives, often characterized by a dominant plant form and physical characteristics. (PERTAINING TO ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS)\n\n3. The place in which a plant or animal normally lives.\n\n4. A place where the physical and biological elements of ecosystems provide a suitable environment including the food, cover, and space resources needed for plant and animal livelihood.\n\n5. The natural home or environment in which a plant, animal or other organism lives, feeds and/or breeds.\n\n6. The place where an animal or plant lives and grows such as a forest, lake, or stream.\n\n7. The place where a population of plants or animals and its surroundings are located, including both living and non-living components.\n\n8. The place where a population (e.g. human, animal, plant, microorganism) lives and its surroundings, both living and non-living.\n\n9. The place or environment where a plant or animal naturally lives and grows.\n\n10. The physical, chemical, and biological environment in which an organism lives.\n\n11. The place where a population lives, including its living and non living surroundings.\n\n12. The place where an animal or plant usually lives, often characterized by a dominant plant form or physical characteristic (Ricklefs 1979:871).\n\n13. The sum of the physical, chemical, and biological environment occupied by individuals of a particular species, population, or community, including the food, cover, and space resources needed for plant and animal livelihood.\n\n14. The part of the physical environment where plants and animals live.\n\n15. Place where the physical and biological elements of ecosystems provide a suitable environment including the food, cover, and space resources needed for plant and animal livelihood.\n\n16. Natural home or environment in which a plant, animal or other organism lives, feeds and/or breeds.\n\n17. Place where a population (e.g., human, animal, plant, microorganism) lives and its surroundings, both living and non-living.\n\n18. The sum of the physical, chemical, and biological environment occupied by individuals of a particular species, population, or community.\n\n19. The environment occupied by individuals of a particular species, population, or community.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems Glossary",
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Estuaries Glossary",
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary; Biocriteria Glossary",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "Acid Rain Glossary",
    "Ecological Risk Assessment Glossary of Terms",
    "Terms of Environment; EPA 1992, 14",
    "Student's Guide to Global Climate Change",
    "Natural Landscaping Glossary",
    "I-BEAM Glossary of Terms",
    "USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Glossary of Avian Terms For Use in Avian Conservation Biology",
    "USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Glossary",
    "USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program Glossary",
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary",
    "EPA 1992, 14; EMAP Master Glossary",
    "Glossary of Wetland Bioassessment Terms",
    "Aquatic Resources Awareness Course for Real Estate Appraisers Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/habitat/"
}