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Rita Covas

Principal Researcher

Publications

27 Publications

Paquet M, Doutrelant C, Loubon M, Theron F, Rat M, Covas R (2016) Communal roosting, thermoregulatory benefits and breeding group size predictability in cooperatively breeding sociable weavers. Journal of Avian Biology, 47(6): 749-755. doi: 10.1111/jav.00916 Open publication

Aucker P, Gregoire A, Rat M, Spottiswoode CN, van Dijk RE, Paquet M, Kaden J, Pradel R, Hatchwell BJ, Covas R, Doutrelant C (2015) Disruptive viability selection on a black plumage trait associated with dominance. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28 (11): 2027–2041. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12717 Open publication

Paquet M, Covas R, Doutrelant C (2015) A cross-fostering experiment reveals that prenatal environment affects begging behaviour in a cooperative breeder. Animal Behaviour, 102: 251-258. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.01.034 Open publication

Paquet M, Doutrelant C, Hatchwell BJ, Spottiswoode CN, Covas R (2015) Antagonistic effect of helpers on breeding male and female survival a cooperatively breeding bird. Journal of Animal Ecology 84(5): 1354–1362. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12377 Open publication

Rat M, van Dijk RE, Covas R, Doutrelant C (2015) Dominance hierarchies and associated signalling in a cooperative passerine. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69(3): 437-448. doi: 10.1007/s00265-014-1856-y Open publication

van Dijk RE, Covas R, Doutrelant C, Spottiswoode CN, Hatchwell BJ (2015) Fine-scale genetic structure reflects sex-specific dispersal strategies in a population of sociable weavers (Philetairus socius), 24(16): 4296–4311. doi: 10.1111/mec.13308 Open publication

Altwegg R, Doutrelant C, Anderson MD, Spottiswoode CN, Covas R (2014) Climate, social factors and research disturbance influence population dynamics in a declining sociable weaver metapopulation. Oecologia, 174(2): 413-425. doi: 10.1007/s00442-013-2768-7 Open publication

Morinay J, Cardoso GC, Doutrelant C, Covas R (2013) The evolution of birdsong on islands. Ecology and Evolution, 3:5127-5140. doi: 10.1002/ece3.864 Open publication

Paquet M, Covas R, Chastel O, Parenteau C, Doutrelant C (2013) Maternal effects in relation to helper presence in the cooperatively breeding sociable weaver. PLOS ONE, 8(3): e59336. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059336 Open publication

van Dijk RE, Kaden JC, Argüelles-Ticó A, Beltran LM, Paquet M, Covas R, Doutrelant C, Hatchwell BJ (2013) The thermoregulatory benefits of the communal nest of sociable weavers Philetairus socius are spatially structured within nests. Journal of Avian Biology, 44(2): 102–110. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05797.x Open publication

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