Sentence examples for establish territory from inspiring English sources

We knew it was important to establish territory.

"We've got to establish territory," he said, "so they know we're next".

Wolves trying to make it to the southern Rocky Mountains to mate or establish territory "have to make it through the shoot-on-sight zone," a deadly journey that could once again lower their population, he said.

They believe a couple of younger males may have been working to establish territory.

The main call is a reel made by both sexes in order to establish territory and unify the group.

The close proximity of the cages increases the number of calls, as the birds sing for mates and to establish territory.

Wolves are highly territorial animals, and generally establish territories far larger than they require to survive in order to assure a steady supply of prey.

Males reportedly establish territories at concentrations of flowering plants (Schuchmann 1999).

Males establish territories twice as large as females and overlap the ranges of several females.

The bulls fight to establish territories along beaches and to acquire harems of up to 40 cows.

Green Ibis pairs seem to use distinct feeding and roosting sites for much of the year and establish territories by calling (Hancock et al. 1992).