Communal roosting, thermoregulatory benefits and breeding group size predictability in cooperatively breeding sociable weavers

A cross-fostering experiment reveals that prenatal environment affects begging behaviour in a cooperative breeder

(2015) Matthieu Paquet et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Antagonistic effect of helpers on breeding male and female survival in a cooperatively breeding bird

(2015) Matthieu Paquet et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: scaling of heat tolerance and evaporative cooling capacity in three southern African arid-zone passerines

(2015) M. C. Whitfield et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The thermoregulatory benefits of the communal nest of sociable weaversPhiletairus sociusare spatially structured within nests

(2013) René E. van Dijk et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Maternal Effects in Relation to Helper Presence in the Cooperatively Breeding Sociable Weaver

(2013) Matthieu Paquet et al.   PLoS One

Age and relatedness have an interactive effect on the feeding behaviour of helpers in cooperatively breeding sociable weavers

(2011) Claire Doutrelant et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Load Lightening in Southern Lapwings: Group-Living Mothers Lay Smaller Eggs than Pair-Living Mothers

(2011) Eduardo S. A. Santos et al.   ETHOLOGY

Helpers at the nest compensate for reduced maternal investment in egg size in carrion crows

(2011) D. CANESTRARI et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Guidelines for estimating repeatability

(2011) Matthew E. Wolak et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Influence of Winter Ranging Behaviour on the Social Organization of a Cooperatively Breeding Bird Species, The Apostlebird

(2009) Michael Griesser et al.   ETHOLOGY

Helpers in colonial cooperatively breeding sociable weavers Philetairus socius contribute to buffer the effects of adverse breeding conditions

(2008) Rita Covas et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Factors influencing overnight loss of body mass in the communal roosts of a social bird

(2008) Ben J. Hatchwell et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

THE THERMAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEST OF THE SOCIABLE WEAVER PHILETAIRUS SOCIUS: SUMMER OBSERVATIONS

(2008) George A. Bartholomew et al.   IBIS

THE THERMAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEST OF THE SOCIABLE WEAVER PHILETAIRUS SOCIUS: WINTER OBSERVATIONS

(2008) Fred N. White et al.   IBIS