they also select places for specific activities such as resting and nesting.
They choose which things to eat from among the rich array of potential food sources in their immediate environments.
Animal choose where to live
Selecting a place in which to live is one of the most important decisions an individual makes.
The environment in which an organism lives is called its habitat.
Once a habital is chosen, an animal seeks its food, resting places, nest sites, and escape routes within that habitat.
Most animnals also choose with whom to associate and for what purposes.
They make these choices in an environment that is continually changing.
Chioce of habitat may strongly influence survival and reproductive success, but some of the ways in which organisms make their choices are surprisingly simple.
Defending a territory may improve fitness
In many cases, an animal can improve its survival and reproductive success by establishing exclusive use of the resources of part of its habitat.
The most common way of doing so is to establish a territory from which the resident excludes conspecifics and sometimes individuals of other species as well.