The realized niche of an organism is
A) The life pattern that the organism would like to assume, but cannot.
B) The life pattern that the organism actually assumes. The fundamental niche is a subset of the realized niche.
C) The idealized niche of nature rather than the actual niche of nature.
D) The life pattern that the organism actually assumes. It is a subset of the fundamental niche.

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The realized niche is the actual conditions and resources in which a species exists due to biotic interactions, and it is a subset of the fundamental niche, which includes all possible conditions and resources the species could theoretically use.

The Realized Niche of an Organism Is