Unequal access to social resources is commonly called ________.
Unequal access to social resources is social inequality, per sociology.
Ref: Haralambos & Holborn Sociology Themes; NCERT Class 12 Chapter 2 Inequality
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Territoriality helps in:
Territoriality is occupation and exclusive defense of area against conspecifics to secure resources like food, mates or nesting sites, differing from home range which is undefended. Benefits include exclusive resource access, costs involve time and energy for patrolling and aggression. Optimal territory size maximizes net benefit. Defense via song, scent marking, visual displays and aggression maintains boundaries. This behavior illustrates resource defense theory central to behavioral ecology. Hence resource defense defines area defense strategy. This concept integrates genetics, ecology and
Ref: Alcock, Animal Behavior, Kin Selection and Social Behavior.
