To identify populations at risk and locate new potential habitats, conservations often use Niche models.
Despite concentrated fieldwork there are many parts of this potential habitat in which no individuals have found, for example the most north west 2,000 km.
If confirmed, the lakes could be yet another potential habitat for life.
In Arctic areas, the potential habitat of the brown bear is increasing.
This model assumes that not all potential habitats will be used by the salmon.
The ark has also been proposed as a potential habitat to preserve civilization and knowledge in the event of a global catastrophe.
All lakes used by marbled murrelets occur within potential nesting habitat.
Most of its potential habitat is degraded, though the possibility that a population may still exist is feasible.
Any liquid water could represent a potential habitat for life.
More recently, astrobiologists have increasingly shifted toward a "follow the energy" view of potential habitats.