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Territoriality
Territoriality meaning
The fact or legal status of being a territory. | The pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory. | A pattern of human behaviour characterised by defence of a particular territory or area of interest.
Example sentences (9)
In 1999 the US finally returned the canal to Panama and put an end to extra-territoriality.
They are done territoriality, and each government issues them for different locales.
Other parameters for analyzing linguistic rights include the degree of territoriality, amount of positivity, orientation in terms of assimilation or maintenance, and overtness, according to wikipedia 2017.
A 1987 study of the social organisation in males showed that territoriality depends on the size and age of the males and the membership of the coalition.
Crowding can constrain normal swimming behaviour, as well as increase aggressive and competitive behaviours such as cannibalism, citation feed competition, citation territoriality and dominance/subordination hierarchies.
However, the majority of black bear attacks tend to be motivated by hunger rather than territoriality, and thus victims have a higher probability of surviving by fighting back rather than submitting.
Most species are difficult to contain in any density, due to the territoriality of the males, or in the case of oryxes (which have a relatively hierarchical social structure), an aggressive disposition; they can easily kill a human.
Territoriality is one of their most important aspects.
The horns of female bovids are believed to have evolved for defence against predators or to express territoriality, as nonterritorial females, which are able to use crypsis for predator defence, often do not have horns.