The Habitat Habitat is frequently defined as the place where an organism usually lives. Before an animal can live in a given area, it must suit the animal's needs for shelter, space and food. Only in the bark and wood of such trees can the woodpecker find the grubs and insects it eats. Here, too, the woodpeckers can carve out a hole to raise their young.
Salamanders require a different habitat.
They are found in damp or wet areas, under rocks or rotting logs where they hunt for insect larvae. The animal's habitat is controlled by the types of plants that grow in the area. All animals either directly or indirectly eat plants. Any habitat, no matter how suitable, is of little value to an animal unless that animal can find food. Wolves, for example, are only found in areas where large herbivores such as elk, deer and moose can find sufficient food.