The establishment by an animal or animals of an area from which other individuals are partially or totally excluded.

An intense form of intraspecific competition in which organisms define an area surrounding their home site or nesting site and defend it, primarily against other members of their own species.

Process in which organisms patrol or mark an area around their home, nesting, or major feeding site and defend it against members of their own species.

a pattern of behavior characterized by the marking and defense of a home territory, exhibited by certain male animals.

Defense of a specified location against intruders.

Pattern of behavior associated with defense of a territory.