Sex-specific Flexibility in Breeding and Helping Strategies in the Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius)
Jorge García‐Campa, Liliana R. Silva, André C. Ferreira, N. Silva, Franck Théron, Claire Doutrelant, Rita Covas
The paper examines sex-specific breeding and helping strategies in sociable weavers, finding males help more frequently and for longer periods than females, with notable role-switching behavior.
bioRxiv · Jan 30, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology