While Studying a Species of Firefly, You Notice That the Territories

question 14

Multiple Choice

While studying a species of firefly, you notice that the territories they occupy are constant across the breeding season, even though you observe multiple, short territorial disputes. Despite these quick disputes, you do not observe a single case of a territory actually changing ownership. This finding supports the

• A) dear enemy effect.
• B) payoff asymmetry hypothesis.
• C) resource-holding potential hypothesis.
• D) arbitrary contest resolution hypothesis.

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