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 may be 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]

[edit] References

1. ^ Pough, F. Harvey et al. 2002. Vertebrate Life, 6th Ed. Prentice Hall Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ. ISBN 0130412481
2. ^ Pough, F. Harvey et al. 2009. Vertebrate Life, 8th ed. Benjamin Cummings, San Francisco, CA.

[edit] See also

• Kin recognition

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