(par 4.2.2.2) Animals endemic to South Africa
http://www.southafrica.net/blog/en/posts/entry/animals-endemic-to-south-africa 05 July 2015 by Sarah Came South Africa is known for being a land rich with natural treasures and wonderful wildlife, but did you know that there are creatures that live nowhere but South Africa? Here is a list of some of these animals … A Cape elephant shrew. Image courtesy of Jacques van Niekerk […]
(par 4.2.2.1) Complete information on Habitat and its Types
http://www.preservearticles.com/201101022258/complete-information-on-habitat-and-its-types.html NIRMALA AGARWAL The place where an organism lives is known as habitat. The term habitat is more specific environment. Habitat constitutes a part of the total environment of that region. It must offer to an organism shelter, food and congenial climatic conditions which will be well-suited for the organism to survive, reproduce and flourish. […]
(par 4.2.2.1) Ecological niche
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_niche From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The flightless dung beetle occupies a niche exploiting animal droppings as a food source In ecology, a niche (CanE, UK /ˈniːʃ/ or US /ˈnɪtʃ/)[1] is a term with a variety of meanings related to the behavior of a species living under specific environmental conditions.[2] The ecological niche describes how an organism or population responds to the distribution of resources and competitors (for example, […]