Territorial Content / Territorial Content for UC Davis en Transition From Reckless Youth to Cautious Adults Comes With the Territory /news/transition-reckless-youth-cautious-adults-comes-territory <p>The idea of wild youth and cautious&nbsp;elders plays out in a&nbsp;new model from UC Davis that shows&nbsp;how and why home ranges expand or contract in territorial animals.&nbsp;When the&nbsp;animal is young with little to lose, it tends to wander widely in search of food. As it ages, its home range shrinks as it stays close to the more valuable territory it has acquired over its lifetime.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> September 07, 2016 - 2:31pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/transition-reckless-youth-cautious-adults-comes-territory