Habitat

An organism's habitat is the place where it lives. A pond is a habitat for its organisms and can also be considered an ecosystem when we study the interactions between its community and physical environment.

Clearing it can remove a habitat altogether or leave less space for the species that depend on it. Some populations then decline or disappear locally, reducing biodiversity. Deforestation is one example: clearing trees for agriculture removes a habitat used by many organisms.

A habitat is the place where an organism lives. A pond is a habitat for a frog, but habitat is not an additional level in the organism–population–community–ecosystem sequence. The same habitat can contain many populations, which together form its community.