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energy tradeoffs — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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energy tradeoffs

Scope: general ecology

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

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Knowledge graph centered on energy tradeoffs with 67 nodes and 155 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Delphinium, Colorado East River Valley, Potentilla.

Definition

Breeding birds must balance energy allocation between reproduction and survival, with parasites forcing energy towards immune response rather than reproductive traits

Related Terms (4)

energy tradeoffsimmune tradeoffsimmune investment tradeoffstradeoffs between immune response and behavior

Publications (3)

Effect of blood parasites on incubation efficiency of <i>Z. l. oriantha</i> in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Effect of blood parasites on secondary sexual characteristics and morphology in mountain white-crowned sparrows

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

Related Concepts (10)

Reproductive success

measurement1 shared paper

Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis

hypothesis1 shared paper

haemoparasites

phenomenon1 shared paper

territorial singing behavior

phenomenon1 shared paper

immune challenge

process1 shared paper

incubation efficiency

measurement1 shared paper

climate change effects on disease vectors

process1 shared paper

status badge

phenomenon1 shared paper

haemosporidian parasites

phenomenon1 shared paper

Zahavi's handicap hypothesis

theory1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha

Passerellidae3 papers

Leucocytozoon

Cyanistes caeruleus

Paridae2 papers

Mertensia ciliata

Boraginaceae2 papers

Salix brachycarpa

Salicaceae2 papers

Veratrum

Melanthiaceae2 papers

Ficedula hypoleuca

Muscicapidae2 papers

Mertensia

Boraginaceae2 papers

Passer domesticus

Passeridae2 papers

Haemoproteus