Felids Interactions - Interspecific Conflicts

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(04-21-2019, 05:11 PM)Sanju Wrote:

(04-21-2019, 04:51 PM)Shadow Wrote: I put these here just to show, that territory as a term can be many things:

https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Interspecific_Terr.html

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273238046_The_Ecological_Consequences_of_Interspecific_Territorial_Behavior_in_Birds

So my point is, that in this matter there can be difficult to find one and only truth. And what comes to lions and tigers for instance, maybe and hopefully time will tell us how their coexistence happens. I say hopefully because I hope, that in future there would be more lions and tigers in India than today, but time will tell.

This is quote from that stanfor link: "Generally such interspecific territoriality occurs between species that are very similar -- as might be expected if territoriality is a way of guarding resources or mates."

What you said is right. A good example indeed. But that is observed in b/w birds that too in a few species in this vast avian diversity.

Albeit, there is no evidence that Lion and Tiger had the same behavior like those birds when they coexisted coz their interaction is never documented in the wild.

Can you give such examples for mammals ?

I just pointed out why this matter is difficult one if trying to say, that there is only one true point of view. Everyone can of course think for instance, what kind of reasons are there in Russian far east preventing tigers and wolves to coexist in same area while brown and black bears live there side by side. What kind of reasons can be found behind it, that tigers expel wolves but not some other animals. One reason of course is, that not able to do something even if wanting to. Reply