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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2021

Evidence of economical territory selection in a cooperative carnivore.

Sarah N Sells, Michael S Mitchell, Kevin M Podruzny, Justin A Gude, Allison C Keever, Diane K Boyd, Ty D Smucker, Abigail A Nelson, Tyler W Parks, Nathan J Lance and 2 more

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Sarah N SellsMontana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, 205 Natural Sciences Building, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
Michael S MitchellUS Geological Survey, Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, 205 Natural Sciences Building, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
Kevin M PodruznyMontana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 1420 E. 6th Street, Helena, MT 59620, USA.
Justin A GudeMontana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 1420 E. 6th Street, Helena, MT 59620, USA.
Allison C KeeverMontana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, 205 Natural Sciences Building, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
Diane K BoydMontana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 490 North Meridian Road, Kalispell, MT 59901, USA.
Ty D SmuckerMontana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 4600 Giant Springs Road, Great Falls, MT 59405, USA.
Abigail A NelsonMontana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Livingston, MT 59047, USA.
Tyler W ParksMontana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 3201 Spurgin Road, Missoula, MT 59804, USA.
Nathan J LanceMontana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 1400 South 19th, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA.
Michael S RossMontana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 1400 South 19th, Bozeman, MT 59718, USA.
Robert M InmanMontana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 1420 E. 6th Street, Helena, MT 59620, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As an outcome of natural selection, animals are probably adapted to select territories economically by maximizing benefits and minimizing costs of territory ownership. Theory and empirical precedent indicate that a primary benefit of many territories is exclusive access to food resources, and primary costs of defending and using space are associated with competition, travel and mortality risk. A recently developed mechanistic model for economical territory selection provided numerous empirically testable predictions. We tested these predictions using location data from grey wolves (

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CarnivoraWolvesAnimalsMontanaSelection, GeneticTerritorialitybenefits and costsCanis lupuseconomical behaviourgrey wolvesmechanistic modelterritoriality

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PMID33653139
PMCPMC7934961

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