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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 9 nodes and 16 connections. Top connected: territoriality, song playback experiment (Passeridae), immune response, energy tradeoffs, acute phase response.

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