Territory, geographical indication and territorial development

Territorial defense, territory size, and population regulation.

The carrying capacity of an environment is determined partly by how individuals compete over the available resources. To territorial animals, space is an important resource, leading to conflict over its use. We build a model where the carrying capacity for an organism in a given environment results from the evolution of territorial defense effort and the consequent space use. The same evolution...

A Web-Geographical Information System to Support Territorial Data Integration

Territorial Approach to Regional Rural Development Territorial Approach to Regional Rural Development

The paper reviews some of the key principles of a territorial approach to rural development and particular aspects of regional rural development. Some features of the EU Leader initiative were analysed as examples of the approach, and the social context and factors which may affect the application of these features in regional rural development were identified. The paper concludes by emphasisin...

Territorial Agend Reform and Development and Innovation in Medical Education in Iran.

Background and Aim:. Regional territory of the health care system in the field of the country provides the opportunity to the participation in the programs of the Ministry of Health based on the advantages and talents of the region and enables the programs to be improved further. The purpose of this study is to explain the reform of territorial planning, transformation and innovation in higher ...

Prey Availability Affects Territory Size, but Not Territorial Display Behavior, in Green Anole Lizards

The availability of food resources can affect the size and shape of territories, as well as the behaviors used to defend territories, in a variety of animal taxa. However, individuals within a population may respond differently to variation in food availability if the benefits of territoriality vary among those individuals. For example, benefits to territoriality may differ for animals of diffe...