Habitat

Refers to a place where an organism or a species population lives.

e.g. A pond is a habitat of zooplankton, phytoplankton and fish.

Niche
Niche-Role of an organism in its environment is called niche.It denotes the
working place of an organism.
The habitat is a natural environment where an animal utilizes the resources
to find food to eat, shelter from heat and cold, and protection from
predators and mates.
1. Habitats might change over time either due to important environmental
changes like volcanoes, and tornadoes or due to changes in climate over a
lengthy period.
2. Other changes might be because of human activities such as
deforestation, urbanization, and pollution.
3. The availability of food and water greatly influences the habitat or place
chosen by animals to live.
4. Like many organisms, plants also require expansion in diameter and
height. Thus a massive planet with a thick trunk and great height might not
grow or thrive in areas such as a park or a yard.
Niche is the effective role and position of a species in its environment that describes
how the species responds to the location of resources and competitors or predators.
1. A niche may also involve what that individual eats, how it interacts with other living
things, and also how it connects with the non-living factors.
2. Niche consumes the flow of energy from one species to another, and thus it is very
important to accept how a species eats or interacts with other organisms in an ecosystem
to maintain ecological balance.
3. Without ecological niches, there would be less biological variety, and the ecosystem
would not be in balance.
4. For example, a population in an environment make use of the resources and breeds to
produce more animals or organisms, which then escalate the resources for the predators.
5. The full span of biotic and abiotic factors utilized by species for duration form the
fundamental niche, and the element that limits the population, like competition and
predators, are called limiting factors.
What is the Relationship Between Habitat and
Niche?

It is necessary to note that habitats can exist without niches. Habitat is the sum
of all conditions for an animal to live in (potential habitat). A habitat is only
engaged (realized habitat) when an ecosystem grows, and niches are integrated
into it. This is called habitat differentiation and is deeply interconnected with
the presence of a thriving ecosystem.
It is possible that two animals can have the same niche (same role) in an
ecosystem, provided they live in various habitats. For example, deer and
rabbits both play the role of herbivores (an animal that feeds only on plants),
but you find deer in the woody areas of a forest while rabbits are found in the
open areas.