What is talent â and can science spot what we will be best at? My interest in the science of talent has a personal backstory. By the age of three, I'd had 21 ear infections and after an operation to remove fluid from my ears, it took me an extra step to process speech. To help me catch up with my peers, I was diagnosed with an auditory processing disorder. I repeated third grade.
Upcoming Events. Backyard Niche Partitioning. Niche partitioning is a fun term that has a range of nuances to its meaning. Here we will use it to simply illustrate how several backyard species use the same food resources yet are able to live in the same general area because they feed at different times of the day.
A habitat is expected to have relatively unvarying characteristics (temp, rainfall, etc), and if these change significantly it is likely that the organism will either go extinct in that habitat or adapt to the changes. A niche is a specific role played by an organism within its habitat. It is defined by how an organism interacts with its environment. (e.g. the Turkey Vulture occupies the niche of scavenger in the Mojave Desert, whereas in a similar habitat in South America, the Andean Condor occupies that niche.)