If the animals are spread over a wide area, where they don't have to compete for territory or resources with each other, of course the dominant behaviors won't

If the animals are spread over a wide area, where they don't have to compete for territory or resources with each other, of course the dominant behaviors won't rear themselves. You need the right conditions to repro the behavior. E.g. for starters, you cannot study one wolf in isolation from other wolves, right? You need at least two for one to dominate the other, and they can't be miles apart such that they never meet.