Transition From Reckless Youth to Cautious Adults Comes With the Territory

Katherine E Kerlin — September 07, 2016 - 2:31pm

The idea of wild youth and cautious elders plays out in a new model from swag�� that shows how and why home ranges expand or contract in territorial animals. When the animal is young with little to lose, it tends to wander widely in search of food. As it ages, its home range shrinks as it stays close to the more valuable territory it has acquired over its lifetime.

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Transition From Reckless Youth to Cautious Adults Comes With the Territory