Disadvantages of group/social behaviours

• Competition for food
• Competition for male and some monopolize female.
• Intraspecific competition may be a means of regulating population size
• Reduces individual’s chances of being eaten
• Cost of defending territory including risk of physical contact, and displays of strength.
• Difficult for smaller animals to hold territory; i.e. more likely to be attacked than larger animals
• Difficult to move if resources exhausted.
• Importance of territory size. If too large, then hard to maintain control. If too small, not enough resources for effort of defending.
• Higher risk of predation if territory within predator’s territory.
• Easy for predators to find.

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