Question
What are the three main types of niches?
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Answer
- Spatial or habitat niche : Spatial or habitat niche means the physical space occupied by the organisms.
- Trophic niche : This kind of niche is based on the trophic level of an organism in a food chain.
- Multidimensional or hypervolume niche : In multidimensional niche, number of abiotic and biotic environmental factors are considered. The resulting space by the niche is called hypervolume. Therefore it is also called hypervolume niche.
- It shows the position of an organism in the environmental gradient.
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