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The concept of habitat is the conceptual link relating organisms to their external environment. Some ecologists view habitat as a principal force underlying the evolution of species (e.g. Southwood, 1977). According to Harris and Kangas (1988), there are several views of the concept of habitat and many attempts have been made to articulate a definition (e.g.Uvardy, 1959; Maguire, 1973; Whittaker, Levin and Boot, 1973, and many others).
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Kozakiewicz, M. (1995). Resource tracking in space and time. In: Hansson, L., Fahrig, L., Merriam, G. (eds) Mosaic Landscapes and Ecological Processes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0717-4_6
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