The Origin of War: The Evolution of a Male-coalitional Reproductive Strategy, Volume 1 |
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... animal will unnecessarily expose itself to predators by traversing excess terrain ( E.O. Wilson , 1975 ) . ' Territory ' is an area occupied more or less exclusively by an animal or group of animals by means of repulsion through overt ...
... animal will unnecessarily expose itself to predators by traversing excess terrain ( E.O. Wilson , 1975 ) . ' Territory ' is an area occupied more or less exclusively by an animal or group of animals by means of repulsion through overt ...
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... animals bother to defend any part of their home range ? MacArthur ( 1972 ) proved that pure contest competition for food is energeti- cally less efficient than pure scramble competition . This is a paradox easily resolved ...
... animals bother to defend any part of their home range ? MacArthur ( 1972 ) proved that pure contest competition for food is energeti- cally less efficient than pure scramble competition . This is a paradox easily resolved ...
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... animals . In these circumstances territoriality and inter - group aggression began " . This appears to be a popular view in the literature on the subject ; Cf. Carneiro , 1970 ; van ... animal or group of animals through overt defense or 287.
... animals . In these circumstances territoriality and inter - group aggression began " . This appears to be a popular view in the literature on the subject ; Cf. Carneiro , 1970 ; van ... animal or group of animals through overt defense or 287.
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Nonhuman Intergroup Agonistic Behavior and Warfare | 3 |
The Adaptive Rationale | 7 |
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