Differentiate between Habitat and Microhabitat.
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The term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical manifestation of its ecological niche.
Examples include : desert, meadow, woodland, grassland , forest, seashore, ocean.
The habitat which is of small or limited extent and which differs in character from some surrounding more extensive habitat is called Microhabitat.
Examples include : An example of a microhabitat is a caterpillar snacking on leaves which have fallen from a walnut tree in the orchard. A small, localized habitat within a larger ecosystem, as a decomposing log in a forest, having conditions that sustain a limited range of animals and plants.