Sentence examples for established territory from inspiring English sources

In 1624, the Dutch briefly made Governors Island their base of operations in the freshly established territory of New Netherland — a tristate answer to the English colonies in Jamestown and Plymouth.

Oscars will often lay claim to an area of the aquarium and will be very aggressive towards other fish encroaching on their newly established territory inside the aquarium or lake.

His song, given from a favoured prominent vantage point, appears to be used to advertise an established territory and contact the female, rather than as a paternity guard strategy.

C. afra embryos at the first-tooth stage (five days post-fertilization (dpf); Figure 2c) were treated for 24 hours in 50 μM cyclopamine in 1% DMSO (based on protocols in [ 52]), thus spanning the time from the initiation of the first tooth to the three-teeth stage (6 dpf), by which time the second row OB had established territory.

Aside from nonbreeders, several territorial breeding pairs were known to have established territories outside the area of the park where the experiments were conducted.

Mature males with established territories usually perch on rocks or plants, and exhibit aggressive territorial behavior towards intruding con-specific males.

Killing wolves indiscriminately at levels sufficient to suppress populations disrupts pack social structure and upsets the stability of established territories, allowing more wolves to breed while promoting the immigration of wolves from nearby populations.

The cortisol levels of males who established territories and matured sexually dropped to anywhere from 2% to 10% of the level when they were subordinate.

This effect is attributed to the fact that inexperienced younger male pumas are most likely to approach human developments, whereas remedial hunting removes older pumas who have learned to avoid people in their established territories.

In April, we randomly established 40 300×300 m experimental plots in locations where red-backed shrikes as well as great grey shrikes had established territories in previous years.

After males established territories and built nests, we conducted three phases of behavioural trials: Focal Follows of each male, Female Experience trials, and Female Search and Choose trials.