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Describe the three main types of niches.

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Spatial or habitat niche: The physical space used by organisms is referred to as their spatial or habitat niche.

Trophic niche: This type of niche is determined by an organism's trophic level in a food chain.

Multidimensional or hypervolume niche: A variety of abiotic and biotic environmental elements are taken into account in multidimensional niches. The space created by the niche is known as hypervolume. As a result, it is also known as a hypervolume niche, and it depicts an organism's position in an environmental gradient.

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