Ülhely

Élhely is a Hungarian noun meaning habitat or living place, especially in ecological and biological contexts. It denotes the environment in which an organism or group lives and carries out life processes, including the resources and interactions that support survival and reproduction.

In ecology, élhely comprises abiotic factors such as climate, soil, water, and terrain, along with biotic factors such as food availability, predators, parasites, and competitors. The concept emphasizes the spatial and temporal arrangement of resources that allow a species to persist. An organism's élhely can be broad or restricted; some species use a home range within a habitat.

Examples of élhely include a temperate forest that serves as the living place for many birds and mammals; a freshwater lake as the élhely for fish and aquatic invertebrates; and urban parks that function as élhely for certain birds and insects.

Notes on terminology: the standard Hungarian term for habitat is élőhely; élhely is sometimes used as a variant or shorthand in some texts. In scientific writing, precision may require explicitly using élőhely to denote the living habitat.

See also: Élőhely.