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Zahavi's handicap hypothesis — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Zahavi's handicap hypothesis

Scope: evolution

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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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

2009

Zahavi's handicap hypothesis

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Definition

Related Terms (1)

Publications (1)

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

Related Concepts (5)

territorial singing behavior

immune challenge

energy tradeoffs

terminal notes

acute phase response

Frequently Associated Species

Passer domesticus

Escherichia coli

Salix

Ficedula hypoleuca

Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha

Ficedula albicollis

Hirundo rustica

Fringilla coelebs

Zonotrichia l. gambelii

Zonotrichia l. nuttalli