Are Unfamiliar Neighbours Considered to Be Dear-Enemies?
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Are Unfamiliar Neighbours Considered to Be Dear-Enemies?
BACKGROUND Discriminating threatening individuals from non-threatening ones allow territory owners to modulate their territorial responses according to the threat posed by each intruder. This ability reduces costs associated with territorial defence. Reduced aggression towards familiar adjacent neighbours, termed the dear-enemy effect, has been shown in numerous species. An important question t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012428