Translation

生息地 / 生育地 / ハビタット / 生息環境

Meaning

The natural environment in which a specific animal, plant, or other organism lives and finds everything it needs to survive: food, water, shelter, and space to reproduce. Each species has its own habitat. A polar bear's habitat is the Arctic ice; a panda's habitat is bamboo forest. 'Habitat loss' is one of the main drivers of extinction globally.

Examples

• 森林伐採がオランウータンの生息地を急速に破壊している。
  Deforestation is rapidly destroying the habitat of orang-utans.
• この川は多くの魚類にとって重要な生息地だ。
  This river is an important habitat for many fish species.