AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -territorial behaviour, in zoology, the methods by which an animal, or group of animals, protects its territory from incursions by others of its species. Territorial boundaries may be marked by sounds such as bird song, or scents such as pheromones secreted by the skin glands of many mammals.

Detailed explanation-2: -Marking territory is done when pets are wanting to“stake out a claim” to a particular object and to let others know about their claim. Some pets may go to the extreme of urinating to mark a particular area as their own. Urine marking is not a house-soiling problem, but is a territorial behavior.

Detailed explanation-3: -Porteus (1977), identified three interrelated levels of territoriality; personal space, home base (spaces that are actively maintained), and home range (behavior that is formed is part of people’s lives).

Detailed explanation-4: -Many animals are territorial as adults. This strategy often makes evolutionary sense since animals can defend clumped resources more efficiently if they stake out a space of their own.

Detailed explanation-5: -Marking Your Territory Sometimes people erect actual boundaries to stake a claim to their personal space. According to communication professor Mark L. Knapp and social psychologist Judith A. Hall, this is a popular response to encroachments (or predicted encroachments) of our territory.