Small Scale Heterogeneity
Depth within soil or substrate, location on a tree or an animal’s body, location within the intertidal, etc..
- Within every environment, there are a range of smaller microenvironments.
- Certain microenvironments may have temperature, humidity, nutrient levels, or other factors that are more amenable to survival and reproduction of an organims.
- The smaller the creature, the more potentially available microenvironments