definition of adaptation and of niche, including a fundamental niche, a realized niche and Hutchinson’s hypervisor

Describe the production and flow of nutrients through terrestrial forests. Include in your answer:
a. a description of food production and distribution of nutrients within a seasonal temperate forest such as the experimental
forest at Hubbard Brook in New Hampshire
b. a description of the plant “fiscal year” and the differences between an oak woodland of southern California and a seasonal
temperate forest of New Hampshire
c. a definition of adaptation and of niche, including a fundamental niche, a realized niche and Hutchinson’s hypervisor
d. examples of animals in the oak woodland and their adaptations that demonstrate how high numbers of species exist even
though all species are supported within the same community.