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Zahavi's handicap hypothesis

Scope: evolution
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on Zahavi's handicap hypothesis with 20 nodes and 87 connections. Top connected: Bacteria, Zonotrichia leucophrys, Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha, White-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii.

Definition

The hypothesis that sexually selected traits are honest signals of individual quality because they impose a cost to the bearer

Related Terms (1)

handicap hypothesis

Publications (1)

student_paper

Tradeoffs between mounting an immune response and territorial singing behavior in mountain white-crowned sparrows

2009framework

Related Concepts (5)

territoriality

phenomenon2 shared papers

immune response

process1 shared paper

energy tradeoffs

theory1 shared paper

terminal notes

measurement1 shared paper

acute phase response

process1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Bacteria

1 paper

Setophaga ruticilla

Parulidae1 paper

Hirundo rustica

Hirundinidae1 paper

fish and wildlife

1 paper

Zonotrichia leucophrys

Passerellidae1 paper

White-crowned sparrow

1 paper

Barn swallow

1 paper

Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha

Passerellidae1 paper

Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii

1 paper

Zonotrichia leucophrys pugetensis

Passerellidae1 paper