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Places with ridge and heath vegetation are preferred foraging habitats. However, heath species are not physiologically adapted to occasional drought in terms of hydraulic conductance. These results indicate that humus depth has a larger effect in determining local spatial distribution of tree species in heath forests than relative elevation. So far, there exist several studies on the relationship between species spatial distribution and environmental factors in heath forests.

The recolonising tree species will depend on what is available as the local seed source, and thus it may not reflect the natural vegetation before the heathland became established. Heaths are widespread worldwide but are fast disappearing and considered a rare habitat in Europe. Extensive heath communities can also be found in the California chaparral, New Caledonia, central Chile, and along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

The bird fauna of heathlands are usually cosmopolitan species of the region. In the depauperate heathlands of Europe, bird species tend to be more characteristic of the community, and include Montagu's harrier and the tree pipit. The birds of the South African fynbos include sunbirds, warblers and siskins. Heathlands are also an excellent habitat for insects including ants, moths, butterflies and wasps; many species are restricted entirely to it. One such example of an organism restricted to heathland is the silver-studded blue butterfly, Plebejus argus.