Do sexual ornaments demonstrate heightened condition-dependent expression as predicted by the handicap hypothesis?

By S. Cotton, Kevin Fowler, Andrew Pomiankowski. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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A functional perspective on sexual selection: insights and future prospects (2006, background): “…this view of condition has proven useful in understanding the expression of organismal traits such as male ornaments (reviewed in: Andersson 1994; Cotton et al. 2004), as well as providing insight into some female mating preferences (e.g. Wagner & Hoback 1999), its relevance for both…”
Inbreeding depression of sexually selected traits and attractiveness in the zebra finch (2010, background): “Manipulating genetic quality remains an underexploited means to study the genetic basis of condition dependence (Cotton et al. 2004).”
The size of the red wing spot of the American rubyspot as a heightened condition-dependent ornament (2008, background): “These comparisons were carried out while controlling for body size for the following reasons (see Cotton et al. 2004b ): 1) the need to remove the effect of this trait given its likely allometric relationship with the ornamental or nonornamental trait; 2) to eliminate the probability that it is bod”
Dietary protein mediates a trade-off between larval survival and the development of male secondary sexual traits (2013, background): “Dietary protein mediates a trade-off between larval survival and the development of male secondary sexual traits”
Diet quality affects an attractive white plumage pattern in dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis) (2007, background): “Additionally, a number of studies have experimentally manipulated sources of variation in condition such as diet, demonstrating direct effects of condition on the development of sexually selected traits (reviewed in Cotton et al. 2004).”
Life‐history trade‐offs under different larval diets in Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) (2015, background): “Secondary sexual traits are often condition-dependent and sensitive to nutritional quality across a range of taxa (Cotton et al., 2004; Hunt et al., 2004; South et al., 2011; Sentinella et al., 2013).”
Courtship effort is a better predictor of mating success than ornamentation for male wolf spiders (2009, background): “One such hypothesis that has received much attention is the handicap principle (reviewed in Andersson 1994; Johnstone 1995; Cotton et al. 2004a; Andersson and Simmons 2006).”
Female preference for male courtship song and its role as a signal of immune function and condition (2006, unknown): “This leads to the insight that if males are placed under stress this should be reflected in their condition-dependent traits, a prediction that has typically been examined by stressing animals during development and then measuring effects on sexually selected traits relative to nonsexual traits (rev”
Unifying and Testing Models of Sexual Selection (2006, background): “Numerous studies have shown that sexual display is sensitive to male condition (Bonduriansky & Rowe 2005, but see also Cotton et al. 2004).”
Corticosterone mediates the condition-dependent component of melanin-based coloration (2008, unknown): “The general applicability of our results in other vertebrates needs testing and whether the effect of corticosterone on the deposition of melanin pigments is stronger in sexually selected than in nonsexually selected traits (Cotton et al. 2004) also should be investigated.”
Complex courtship displays facilitate male reproductive success and plasticity in signaling across variable environments (2011, background): “Sexually selected ornaments are expected to show a greater degree of condition dependence than similar non-sexually selected traits (Cotton et al., 2004), and thus we would expect to see greater degrees of diffe- rence in darkness between the diet treatments for leg segments that are presumably…”