Secondary biotope
Also orchards represent a secondary biotope
A secondary habitat (also secondary habitat or secondary habitat ) is a non naturally formed, but created by the human habitat , which has a habitat for one or more types representing. Secondary biotopes often offer alternative options for animals and plants from which their natural habitat - the primary biotope - is deprived elsewhere . Usually secondary biotopes are not created consciously for reasons of nature and species protection , but with different (often economic) objectives. Typical examples of secondary biotopes are:
- Sand pits
- Dredging lakes and reservoirs
- Quarries
- Heaps
- disused railway tracks
- Fallows
- Sewage fields
- Garbage dumps
- graveyards