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Rita Covas

Principal Researcher

Publications

27 Publications

Covas R & Doutreland C (2019). Testing the Sexual and Social Benefits of Cooperation in Animals.Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 34(2): 112-120. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.11.006 Open publication

Lloyd KJ, Altwegg R, Doutrelant C, Covas R (2018). Factors affecting the foraging distance and duration of a colonial bird, the sociable weaver, in a semi-arid environment. African Journal of Ecology. 56 (3): 659-663. doi: 10.1111/aje.12484 Open publication

Silva LR, Lardy S, Ferreira AC, Rey B, Doutrelant C, Covas R (2018). Females pay the oxidative cost of dominance in a highly social bird. Animal Behaviour, 144: 135-146. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.08.006 Open publication

Lobato E, Doutrelant C, Melo M, Reis S, Covas R (2017) Insularity effects on bird immune parameters: A comparison between island and mainland populations in West Africa. Ecology and Evolution, 7(11): 3645-3656. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2788 Open publication

Lobato E, Geraldes M, Melo M, Doutrelant C, Covas R (2017) Diversity and composition of cultivable gut bacteria in an endemic island bird and its mainland sister species. Symbiosis, 71(2): 155-164 doi: 10.1007/s13199-016-0419-6 Open publication

Loiseau C, Melo M, Lobato E, Beadell JS, Fleischer RC, Reis S, Doutrelant C, Covas R (2017) Insularity effects on the assemblage of the blood parasite community of the birds from the Gulf of Guinea. Journal of Biogeography, 44(11): 2607-2617. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13060 Open publication

Mares R, Doutrelant C, Paquet M, Spottiswoode CN, Covas R (2017) Breeding decisions and output are correlated with both temperature and rainfall in an arid-region passerine, the sociable weaver. Royal Society Open Science, 4(9): 170835. doi: 10.1098/rsos.170835 Open publication

Reis S, Cornel AJ, Melo M, Pereira H, Loiseau C (2017) First record of Aedes albopictus (Skuse 1894) on São Tomé Island. Acta Tropica doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.03.035 Open publication

Doutrelant C, Paquet M, Renoult JP, Gregoire A, Crochet PA, Covas R (2016) Worldwide patterns of bird colouration on islands. Ecology Letters, 19(5):537-45. doi: 10.1111/ele.12588 Open publication

Khimoun A, Arnoux E, Martel G, Pot A, Eraud C, Conde B, Loubon M, Theron F, Covas R, Faivre B, Garnier S (2016) Contrasted patterns of genetic differentiation across eight bird species in the Lesser Antilles. Genetica, 144(1): 125-138. doi: 10.1007/s10709-016-9883-4 Open publication

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