In biology, resource holding potential (RHP) is the ability of an animal to win an all-out fight if one were to take place.
aggressiveness) represents an individual's tendency to initiate or escalate a contest independent of the effects of RHP and V. It is instinctive for all animals to live a life according to fitness (Parker 1974).
[5] Generally, the animal with the higher RHP survives and wins the disputes they encounter (Lindström and Pampoulie 2005).
Male sand gobies (a ray-finned fish) must build large nests in order to attract a mate, and to be able to house numerous eggs.
On the other hand, if the male is larger in size but lives in a smaller nest, he has a lesser chance of finding a mate and less space to house his offspring.
In either case, the male sand goby must use RHP to determine whether it is more fit for him to stay or move on (Lindström and Pampoulie 2005).
[8] In the sea anemone, Actinia equina, morphological traits appear to determine their resource holding potential.
Body size appears to be the main RHP unless a peel occurs due to contact with another anemone where toxin is released.
If subordinates migrate with dominant males to a place where resources will be limited their likelihood of surviving is greatly reduced.