Transcript Microhabitat Examples

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All the organisms in an ecosystem which belong
to the same species make up a population.
Populations in our area include:
Humans
 Deer
 Squirrels
 Mice
 Different types of birds
 Many others!
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All the
populations in
an ecosystem
make up a
community.
All the birds,
deer, mice,
squirrels, and
humans living
together in
Klein make a
community.
The place an organism lives is its habitat.
 A woodpecker’s habitat is a tree.
 A snake living in the forest uses
the forest floor as its habitat.
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What is your habitat?
An organism’s habitat provides the correct
temperature and amount of moisture an
organism needs.
 For example, a
tadpole’s habitat
must include water!
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An organisms’ habitat also provides the correct
kinds of food and shelter an organism requires.
 For example, a salamander in the forest
requires dark places to
live and insects to eat.
This is all provided by
the forest floor!
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A niche describes how an organism survives
 How an organism obtains food and shelter
 How an organism
avoids danger
 How an organism
cares for its
young
 Can you describe
your niche?
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The prefix “Micro” = small
or very small
Habitat = the place an
organism lives
So Microhabitat = a
localized (small) habitat
within a larger ecosystem
An aquarium is a good
example of a microhabitat
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A log rotting in the woods
What species live here?
Termites
 Bacteria
 Moss
 Fungus
 Millipedes
 Spiders
 Worms
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Each microhabitat supports a variety of species
 What about the microhabitat of our
schoolyard?
 Our schoolyard is a
microhabitat within
a temperate deciduous
forest biome
 What species live
outside our school?
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Birds – can you
name specific
species?
Insects – what
kinds?
Squirrels
Decomposers –
what kinds?
What else can you
think of?
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What about the pond next door?
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Do the species living in the microhabitat of the
pond also live in our schoolyard?
Just as each biome supports different species
due to its environment, each microhabitat
within a biome can support different species
 Would a mouse living
in a barn want to
live in a pond?
 Why?
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