Niche

A niche is a genetically coded strategy, pattern, or suite of adaptations evolved by a species to allow it to make a living in a certain way under certain conditions.

Types

Species

A species niche is a genetically coded pattern or suite of adaptations that a species evolved to allow it to make a living in a certain way under certain conditions.

Community

A community niche is an ecological role within the community filled by numerous species. Such niches include roles such as a lignin decomposer or late-succession understory tree.

Environment

An environment niche is a suite of ecological conditions which a species can exploit an energy source effectively enough to reproduce and colonize similar conditions.