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What factors contribute most to the sustainability of a habitat?

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C. Bernthal

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C. Bernthal, Teacher, MA, P.hD, Seattle

Answered Feb 19, 2021

A place can be Sustainable if the habitat can live freely and have all its basic amenities to survive. A habitat is a place that has all the necessary resources, physical and biotic factors in the area. Major factors include water, air, food, soil, and light which can be categorized as physical factors and biotic factors. Other major factors include biodiversity, biomass, and abiotic resources and conditions.

Biodiversity shows the extends to which different animals and plants can survive together in a region. A place that is sustainable now might not be sustainable after the occurrence of natural disasters such as the eruption of a volcano, wildfire, tsunami, or earthquake, or other changes which include deforestation, climate, and other human activities.

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N. Jarah

N. Jarah

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Answered Feb 02, 2021

Sustainability means that the optimum use of resources is present for this generation and the next. Ecological resources are being depleted at a disturbing rate, and if it keeps going this way, future generations will no longer have access to these resources.

Sustainable habitat means that biodiversity and the preservation of the land are in motion and that the location in which the organism lives is safe and allows the organism to thrive in that space. Any living thing can have a quality life. In contextual terms, habitat refers to a safe and prosperous living space.

The major factors which contribute to this include physical abundance, spatial adequacy, economic affordability, social compatibility, cultural acceptance, political stability, and risk resilience. These different variables all must work together to create a sustainable habitat.

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Jessica Rhodes

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Jessica Rhodes, Economic advisor, Master of Economics (MEcon), Ohio

Answered Jan 22, 2021

A habitat is a place where living organism can live and survive. A habitat is a place that provides all needed properties for an organism to survive. One of the major factors will be biodiversity, where different species of animals or plant can live and survive. Other important factors include the sustainability of the area.

This is when there is enough for ever habitant in the area. If there is limit to the supply of resources in the environment and the animals will have to move out. These resources are water, air food, soil, light. When human started building more and invading the animal’s territory of the animals the place became unbearable for the animals.

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A. Samuel

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A. Samuel, Content Manager, Masters in Marketing and accounting, Florida

Answered Jan 20, 2021

The correct answer to this question is a large variety of organisms. The reason for this is because habitats require biomass, which is the material that is made from organisms such as animals and plants. Examples of biomass include wood, plants, and waste.

Therefore, the more organisms that are in a habitat, the more biomass that is able to be created. This will ultimately lead to the habitat having more energy to be able to store. Along with that, when there are more species, there is more competition for food, and this helps the populations stay around and continue reproducing.

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Isabel Mathew

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Isabel Mathew, Software engineer, BS(Bachelor of Science), Austin,Texas

Answered Jan 19, 2021

A habitat is a place where a living organism makes its home, and a habitat meets all the criteria necessary to help the organism survive. For an animal, that means it needs to obtain a reputable food source, sufficient water, and the ability to find a mate and successfully reproduce. A suitable habitat must provide the correct balance of light, air, water, and soil for a plant.

If an animal has all these things, they are in a good situation. However, an animal would not be in a good situation if it were in an area that did not afford it much space. When humans invade the territory of the animal and start building, it changes things. It pushes the animal into a space too small for it to survive.

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C. Lopez

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Answered Jan 14, 2021

There are a lot of things that can contribute to the overall stability of the ecosystem. Biodiversity will play a huge role in how sustainable the ecosystem is going to be. If you have ever wondered why there are a lot of different animals that are available, it is because of this.

The ecosystem is always going to be more sustainable when there is enough balance with the different animals and other living things that are available in the ecosystem. The more competition there is for the food needed by different animals, the more that the population will be sustained. Problems will begin where there is not enough food to go around for the different predators. Some may die out of hunger and so much more.

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W. Kaye

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W. Kaye, Ex-Marine, Post Graduate, Chapel Hill

Answered Jan 12, 2021

There are different factors that contribute to the sustainability of a habitat. However, the most important of them all are biodiversity, abiotic resources and conditions, and biomass. For a sustainable habitat, these three factors must be well preserved. Biodiversity simply refers to the number or variety of species of animal and plant life within a region.

What is causing habitat loss is simply the activities of humans. By habitat destruction, we are gradually making a region unsafe for every living organism living in it. With this, we are causing biodiversity to reduce, which is not good for the continuous existence of a habitat.

To have a sustainable habitat, there must be different species living in that habitat. Abiotic conditions are very important factors for the sustainability of a habitat. While other factors are equally important, biodiversity must be preserved in order for a habitat to keep existing.

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