Niche
The ecological role of a species; the set of resources it consumes and habitats it occupies.
Nilsson, Dan-Erik
professor Nilsson heads the Functional Morphology Division of the Department of Zoology at Lund University in Sweden. His main research interest is the optics and evolution of invertebrate eyes.
Nitrogen fixation
A chemical process by which nitrogen in the atmosphere is assimilate into organic compounds. Only certain bacteria are able to fix atmospheric nitrogen, which then becomes available to other organisms through the food chains.

