microhabitat
an extremely localized, small-scale environment, as a tree stump or a dead animal.
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How to use microhabitat in a sentence
Rarer species in microhabitats, such as a single valley or a specific island, “typically need much more,” Venter says.
Can people protect as much space as nature needs? | Jonathan Lambert | January 21, 2021 | Science News For StudentsBy attaching the leaves together, the spiders are creating cool and dark microhabitats that would be desirable in a dry, searing environment with plenty of predatory birds, Fulgence says.
These spiders may sew leaves into fake shelters to lure frogs to their doom | Jake Buehler | January 4, 2021 | Science NewsThe moist soil and litter on the forest floor is an important microhabitat for fossorial and strictly terrestrial species.
A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico | William E. DuellmanSmall box turtles occupy the same microhabitat as do the adults and seem not to be more aquatic or subterranean in habits.
British Dictionary definitions for microhabitat
/ (ˌmaɪkrəʊˈhæbɪtæt) /
ecology the smallest part of the environment that supports a distinct flora and fauna, such as a fallen log in a forest
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Scientific definitions for microhabitat
[ mī′krō-hăb′ĭ-tăt′ ]
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