# Talk:Habitat

Can't someone put more information here?!
I agree  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.219.199.145 (talk) 04:21, 3 August 2008 (UTC) 

Is it a really small thing, that is example flower(s), or grass, 
or is it example forest, or garden?

Can I get more information about it? can someone tell me?

See "Heath" which is a good example. I came here from there.  This article (Habitat) could do with some more examples and cross-references e.g. to-from Biodiversity.
Cheers Dendrotek 08:51, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

As discussed at Talk:Habitat (disambiguation), I've moved the page here from Habitat (ecology). .. dave souza, talk 19:21, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

In case anyone's looking for the 'Habitat Centre' section, I moved it to the existing India Habitat Centre article where it seems to belong. --Heron (talk) 13:19, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm dubious about these maps. They show the animals' range rather than their habitats. The difference is that a gull's range might include, say, Norway, but its habitat would be the coast and cliffs. A picture of a group of animals in their typical habitat would be a more appropriate picture. Sophie means wisdom (talk) 21:07, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

when will the weed be cut. we pay to fish rivers as well as puddles. The IVAN MARKS MEMORIAL MATCH is supposed to be fished on the 29th of September you could not get 3 pegs in a row never mind 100.       TREVOR LEIGH.14:24, 28 August 2013 (UTC)2.103.148.193 (talk)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Habitat/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Dunkleosteus77 (talk · contribs) 04:28, 27 June 2016 (UTC)


### Comments by Dunkleosteus77
just scanning through for now   User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk  04:28, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

double-check ref no. 42. I'm pretty sure there's more to it.
duplinks: ecology (in the lead), carbon cycling, and hydrogen sulfide
there's some text sandwiching in the Microbiomes section
wikilink "pioneer species" in the image about Mt. St. Helens
Thank you for taking on this review. With regard to the "Monotypic habitat" section, it was there when I started expanding this article from practically nothing, and I have hardly touched it. I will see what I can do with regard to ref42. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:06, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
I have added a little more information, but I only have access to the abstract. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:16, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
Now there's text sandwiching in the Extreme habitat section. Just delete the intertidal, wetland, and desert picture, and maybe add add a microhabitat image
ref no. 42 needs a journal name, volume, page numbers, and ISSN. Also, remove the url since only the abstract is available. doi: 10.1007/s10750-007-9177-z
In the lead, reword " Or the change may be more gradual over millennia with alterations in the climate, as ice sheets and glaciers advance and retreat, as different weather patterns bring changes of precipitation and solar radiation"; never start a sentence with a conjunction, also you're missing an "and" after the comma
change "...its requirements; it is found" to "...its requirements: it is found..." or, further down the sentence, add an "and" after the comma "...lifecycle requirements, it inhabits..."
change "Lightning strike and toppled trees..." to "Lightning strikes and toppled trees..." or "A lightning strike and a toppled tree..."
wikilink pioneer species and invasive species in the Environmental factors section (optional)
change "degree of oxygenation" to "oxygen saturation" or "oxygen levels"
change "...vertebrates and invertebrates" to "animals" or "organisms" or "creatures" (optional)
wikilink all the habitat names like bayous, backwater, mudflats, lagoons, shrub layer, etc.
wikilink desiccation (optional)
In the Microhabitats section, the last sentence of the first paragraph does not have a ref
"biodiverse species" I don't think a species can be biodiverse, and I'm not sure that that's even a word
reword "that different types of rotting wood alone..."
change "The life cycles of some parasites involves..." to "The life cycles of some parasites involve..." or "The life cycle of some parasites involves..."
Microphallus turgidus is found in New Zealand, not the U.S.
Microphallus turgidus may have originally been a New Zealand species but this example comes from the US. I have dealt with the above points apart from the images which look fine on my screen and which I think add to the encyclopedic value of the article. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:45, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
The Manual of Style says to avoid text sandwiching, so I think this is an issue at criterion 1b
I don't see the text sandwiching on my screen. I have removed one image. Is that better? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:03, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
reword "...bulk of the ocean is much less hospitable to air-breathing humans" it's underwater, and air-breathing things find this impossible to live in
wikilink "bioluminescent"
wikilink "fragmentation" to Habitat fragmentation
Use this converter to convert ISBN-10 to ISBN-13, as per WP:ISBN
explain what a monotypic habitat is in the opening sentence (I read the section and I'm still not sure what a monotypic habitat is)
Done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:03, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
Pass   User:Dunkleosteus77 |push to talk  18:10, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Most urban developments inadvertently offer particular niches to feral or intrusive "wildlife", sometimes in vast numbers. And, of course (by design) to human beings. The article doesn't seem to cover this; have I missed something, or is it covered elsewhere? Very nice article, btw! Haploidavey (talk) 09:54, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
This seems to be covered, more or less, by the articles Human ecology; and Urban ecology, but a brief summary and links in the Habitat article might be useful. Haploidavey (talk) 10:49, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

I have added a paragraph on the urban habitat. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:59, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

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As of 20 February 2019, Habitats Regulation Assessment is a red link. I know that am being a bit cheeky but I guess this is as good a place as any to call for volunteers. Would anyone here care to write it? (I know nothing about the subject). There are multiple google hits on UK local authorities doing it or requiring it. There is an advisory paper for airport operators at https://www.aef.org.uk/uploads/PlanningGuide7.pdf Thank you. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 20:32, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

I see another person has brought it up, but I severely question if "monotypic habitat" is truly a real concept. The reference about Hydrilla is the only one to use that term in the references, and appears to be one of the few papers Google can find for me using the terminology. Otherwise there are lots of sites coping the Wikipedia text, or referring to the Hydrilla paper, which was being slightly misquoted anyway. I believe it may be a mistake and the authors wanted to use the word monoculture, which Wikipedia may have turned into a neologism out of ignorance.
Regarding the above, natural habitats may be monocultural as well, think spruces in taiga, pioneer plants, coconuts on a desert island, penguins on an ice floe, or that bizarre picture of all those white crabs in this article.
I'm missing stuff on habitat succession (natural changes in habitat), and concepts such as arboreal, cursorial (the word I was trying to remember when coming here), fossorial, diurnal, crepuscular, mosiac theory, parasite habitats.
I toned down some of the emphasis on environmentalism, but more might be needed -A section on "habitat destruction" is certainly warranted, but for the rest it's off-topic and the concept of "habitat" doesn't need to be yet another polemic on the evils of man.
What is the article's overall status?
What are the article's strengths?
How can the article be improved?
How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?
Overall evaluation: The article is interesting and covers multiple topics. The pictures stand out and draw you into the topic. There seem to be some reviews that said some information should be clarified or changed around. There was some wording that could be improved and could get to the point more clearly. I found the article interesting overall. The article provided various subheadings, which I believe is a strength.Bheff202 (talk) 05:37, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
Just saying,   Leo Breman (talk) 17:57, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

The introductory paragraph makes the point strongly that a habitat is defined by considering a particular species.  However, a cursory glance at the rest of the article indicates habitat is used as a more general term: a contradiction.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.227.31.76 (talk) 20:36, 6 January 2021 (UTC) 

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