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habitat

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The place or type of site where an organism or population naturally occurs. Also used to mean the environmental attributes required by a particular species or its ecological niche.

Americas assessment, Land degradation and restoration assessment, Africa assessment, Europe and Central Asia assessment, Asia-Pacific assessment, Sustainable use assessment IPBES core glossary, 2021

The place or type of site where an organism or population naturally occurs.

Global assessment (1st work programme), Scenarios and models assessment https://www.cbd.int/convention/articles/ default.shtml?a=cbd-02

the area, characterized by its abiotic and biotic properties, that is habitable by a particular species

Invasive alien species assessment IUCN Standards and Petitions Committee, 2013