What are the advantages of territorial behavior?

What are the advantages of territorial behavior?

Advantages of territorial behavior\

  • The mating pair of organisms of the same species and their offspring are well spaced to receive the available resource e.g. food, space. Shelter.
  • The available resources are protected and shared evenly amongst the population.
  • Provides defense of an area in which organism live against organisms of the same or different species.
  • It minimizes spread of diseases and parasites.
  • Actual fighting between organisms which would detrimental to the species is rare and replaced by mere threats.
  • The species protect and achieve maximum utilization of the habitat.
  • Population growth is easily controlled.
  • Intraspecific competition is reduced.
  • Genes from strong organisms or the fittest are passed on to the next generation

 

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