Defensive Behavior
Overview and Meaning
In response to a threat, defensive behaviors function to withstand or deter aggression.
Behaviors
Defensive behaviors are a form of agonistic interaction, reflecting a behavior chain of individual goal directed behaviors, which include:
Classification
Contexts
Agonistic interactions can occur in the context of territorial behavior, and/or dominance behavior. Territorial behavior and dominance behavior differ in both the context that they occur, the resources under competition, and the threat behavior that initiates the interaction.
Variants
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