🤯 Did You Know (click to read)
Tigers mark territory using scent glands, urine spraying, and scratch marks on trees.
Male Malayan tigers establish territories that may overlap with several females but rarely with rival males. These spatial arrangements depend on scent marking and boundary patrols. When habitat shrinks, forced overlap increases aggression and mortality risk. Hierarchical stability relies on sufficient space and prey. Territorial disputes can result in severe injury or death. In low-density populations, maintaining balanced spacing becomes increasingly difficult. Territory dynamics directly influence reproductive output.
💥 Impact (click to read)
Spatial structure determines mating opportunities and cub survival. Reduced territory size intensifies competition and destabilizes established hierarchies. Disrupted boundaries can lead to cub infanticide during male takeovers.
Conserving large contiguous forest reduces forced overlap and conflict. Landscape compression transforms natural spacing patterns into survival bottlenecks. Territorial ecology is inseparable from habitat protection.
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