Although behaviours associated with territory maintenance are extensively studied, little is known about the establishment of territorial boundaries, a key process influencing individual fitness and population demography.
"That kind of goes with territory," he said.
The Onondaga Nation, with territory near Syracuse, is also considering establishing its own manufacturing operation.
Conversely, all members with territory in the proposed sanctuary, fully support it".
But this landlocked nation, with territory about the size of California, has a long history of luring utopian settlements.
Yemen's sectarian splits have more to do with territory and dispersal of the treasury than with theology.
The Palestinians hope for recognition of an independent Palestine with territory that includes all of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.
If the remnants of al-Qaida "central" are restricted to the Afghan-Pakistan border, many of its affiliates and other groups are better off with territory.
The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), the 130,000-strong foreign army helping the Afghan government fight the Taliban insurgency, reports big improvements, with territory reclaimed from Taliban control and fewer armed attacks.
All Russia's rulers have been obsessed with territory, and Siberia, with its vast expanses, unearthly cold and untold reserves of oil, wood, diamonds and metals, is an obsession-forming place.
The most extreme example is the so-called Free Zone, a strip in the Western Sahara, with territory occupied by Morocco to the west and Algeria to the east.
