displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders; "territorial behavior"; "strongly territorial birds"
A pattern of behaviour used to defend a specific area.
To defend a defined area from intruders. Territories are usually established and defended by the males of a given species.
territoriality, territory defends an area within the home range, occupied by a single animals or group of animals of the same species and held through overt defense, display, or advertisement
defensiveness by animals of an area of land in order to exclude other members of the same species. References Bellrose, Frank C., 1976, Ducks, Geese, & Swans of North America, A Wildlife Management Institute Book; Stackpole Books:Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17105. Rue III, Leonard Lee, 1974, Game Birds of North America, Outdoor Life; Harper & Row: New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London. SDOU, 1991, The Birds of South Dakota, NSU Press: Aberdeen, SD 57401. Selected Resources For Teachers Rearing and Restoring Giant Canada Geese in The Dakotas, A Publication Prepared Cooperatively By: North Dakota Game, and Fish Department, South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks, U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service; Published in 1984 and available from the Department of Game, Fish and Parks, Pierre, SD.
to consider an area of land as your own and to keep strange members of your species out by using warnings of fighting, it needed. Animals such as deer that are not territorial are said to have home ranges. This means that they have certain areas where they live but they don't defend them.
Behavior of an animal defending an area against intruders
Referring to an animal that maintains a territory within its home range, by fighting or aggressive gestures, from which it excludes others of its own kind.
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