Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
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Chapter 56.4, Problem 2SB
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The costs of maintaining territory by some animals and the benefits received by them in this maintenance.
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There are some animals that maintain a particular region of habitat, during the breeding season, which is considered by them to be their territory. These animals tend to defend it from the attack of other animals and are sole users of all the
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