Which type of animal is most flexible? a.one that is extremely competitive b.one that is a strict niche specialist c.one with a wide fundamental niche d.one with a wide realized niche
Biology · High School · Thu Jan 21 2021
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Correct answer is c ( one with a wide fundamental niche ) .
Fundamental niche is the entire set of conditions under which an animal (population, species) can survive and reproduce itself. Realized niche is the set of conditions actually used by given animal (pop, species), after interactions with other species (predation and especially competition) have been taken into account.
An example of a fundamental niche is that of the red-winged blackbird. The bird species dominates the marches during the early spring. That area becomes a fundamental niche for the red-winged blackbirds.