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Defence, intrusion and the evolutionary stability of territoriality [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Theoretical Biology, 2010
Territorial behaviour can only be adaptive if its costs are outweighed by its benefits. Territorial individuals incur costs by defending their territories against intruders. Usually these intruders are assumed to be non-territorial floaters attempting to take over the whole territory or neighbours trying to extend the borders of their own territory. We
Hinsch, Martin, Komdeur, Jan
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Shared territorial defence in the suboscine Aphrastura spinicauda [PDF]

open access: yesEmu - Austral Ornithology, 2017
Territorial behaviour is an active and typically aggressive behaviour used to defend resources. Here, we investigated the presence of shared territorial defence behaviour during conspecific intrusions in the Thorn-tailed Rayadito (Aphrastura spinicauda), a suboscine species that generally does not maintain long-term pair bonds.
Ippi, Silvina   +3 more
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CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM OF SALARIES OF SOLDIERS AFTER CREATION THE NEW COMPONENT – TERRITORIAL DEFENSE FORCE [PDF]

open access: yesDefence Science Review, 2017
The goal of this article is not an assessment of the operational abilities of new Territorial Defence Force (TDF) to conduct military operations in the time of military threat to the state’s security, but the presentation of the imposed, by that fact ...
Ryszard Chyrzyński
doaj   +1 more source

The Key Indicators of Probable Corruption Risks in Critical Areas of Military Activity (Ukrainian Experience)

open access: yesSocial Development & Security, 2020
Using the approach of identifying ʽred flags’, the article analyses the most vulnerable areas of military activity such as defence procurement (acquisition); use of defence lands; housing provision for military personnel and their families; state defence
Olena Holota   +2 more
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Air defence in a specific environment of the Suwalki isthmus

open access: yesSafety & Defense, 2017
In the presented article the author desires to study requirements for the air defence subunits in the forest-lake environment of the Suwalki isthmus. For that purpose the author underlined the importance of a presented region , Identified specifics of ...
Szymanowski Karol
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Reflections on the establishment of the Chinese Air Identification Zone [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In this paper Yinan Bao presents a very timely legal investigation into aspects of the current territorial dispute in the East China Sea. The author focuses on the Chinese Air Identification Zone and considers the issues regarding the legitimacy of the ...
Bao, Yinan
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Territorial Defence and Partisan Resistance (Lithuania’s Experience) [PDF]

open access: yesLithuanian Annual Strategic Review, 2018
In the 21st century - as in the first half of the 20th century - Lithuania has faced threats posed to its national security and statehood. Owing to its limited resources, the country is not essentially able to establish large regular forces; therefore, it is permanently developing its territorial defence forces.
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Conceptual Model Measurement of Total People’s Defense and Security System Readiness Based on Land Defense

open access: yesJurnal Pertahanan: Media Informasi tentang Kajian dan Strategi Pertahanan yang Mengedepankan Identity, Nasionalism & Integrity, 2023
The Universal People's Defence and Security System (Sishankamrata) is a critical component of Indonesia's national defence strategy. This study proposes the Index of Basic Military Capacity (IKMR) as a reliable and valid measuring instrument to ensure ...
Fulkan Kafilah Al Husein   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A global battlefield?: Drones and the geographical scope of armed conflict [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The ever-increasing use of drones in the pursuit of the 'war on terror' has given rise to concerns over the emergence of a global battlefield whereby the entire planet is subject to the application of the laws of armed conflict.
Derejko, N, Lubell, N
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Legal: Use of Force in Self-Defence to Recover Occupied Territory [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of International Law, 2021
Abstract This article argues that, in certain circumstances, it is legal for a state to use force in self-defence in order to recover territory unlawfully occupied by another state as a result of an armed attack. Where occupation follows from an unlawful armed attack, the occupation is a continuing armed attack, and the attacked state ...
Akande, D, Tzanakopoulos, A
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