Group territoriality and the benefits of sociality in the African lion, Panthera leo

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Behavioural adjustments of a large carnivore to access secondary prey in a human‐dominated landscape (2012, background): “Most lions are resident and territorial (Mosser & Packer 2009) and rely on resident prey in the absence of migratory prey (Scheel & Packer 1995).”
Ecological and social factors affect the occurrence and outcomes of intergroup encounters in chimpanzees (2012, unknown): “Intergroup competition plays a prominent role in efforts to explain the evolution of social groups (e.g. Wrangham 1980; Macdonald 1983; Packer et al. 1990; Fashing 2001; Bowles 2006; Majolo et al. 2008; Mosser & Packer 2009).”
Group composition effects on aggressive interpack interactions of gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park (2015, background): “studies have come to this same conclusion (Mosser and Packer 2009), several other explanations for sociality have been proposed.”
Sociality in cats: A comparative review (2016, background): “The availability of more prey than was necessary to feed 1 female and her dependent offspring would have permitted a relaxation of territorial behavior, allowing group living to evolve, based on communal defense of kittens from predators and possibly from infanticidal males, although the latter is n”