Dear enemy recognition

In ethology, dear enemy recognition is a situation in which a territorial animal responds more strongly to strangers than to its neighbors from adjacent territories. This phenomenon is generally advantageous to an animal because it minimizes time and energy spent on territorial defense, and reduces the risk of injury during territorial encounters.[1][2][3][4]

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References

  1. ↑ Pough, F. Harvey et al. 2002. Vertebrate Life, 6th Ed. Prentice Hall Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ. ISBN 0-13-041248-1
  2. ↑ Pough, F. Harvey et al. 2009. Vertebrate Life, 8th ed. Benjamin Cummings, San Francisco, CA.
  3. ↑ Jaeger, Robert G. (January 8, 1980). "Dear Enemy Recognition and the Cost of Aggression Between Salamanders". The American Naturalist 117 (6): 962–974. doi:10.1086/283780. JSTOR 2460574.
  4. ↑ Leiser, John K. and Itzkowitz, Murry (1999). "The Benefits of Dear Enemy Recognition in Three Contender Convict Cichlid Contests". Behaviour 136 (8): 983–1003. doi:10.1163/156853999501685. JSTOR 4535655.


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