[Able, J. D. 1996. The contagion indicator hypothesis for parasite-mediated sexual selection. - Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 93: 2229-2233.]Search in Google Scholar
[Barbosa, A., Merino, S., Cuervo, J. J., de Lope, F. & Møller, A. P. 2003. Feather damage of long tails in Barn swallow Hirundo rustica. - Ardea 91: 85-90.]Search in Google Scholar
[Burley, N., Tidemann, S. C. & Halupka, K. 1991. Bill colour and parasite levels of Zebra fi nches. - in: Loye, J. E. & Zuk, M. (eds.) Bird-parasite interactions. - Oxford University Press, Oxford pp. 359-376.]Search in Google Scholar
[Clayton, D. H. 1991. The influence of parasites on host sexual selection. - Parasitology Today 12: 329-334.10.1016/0169-4758(91)90211-6]Search in Google Scholar
[Crofton, H. D. 1971. A quantitative approach to parasitism. - Parasitology 62: 179-193.10.1017/S0031182000071420]Search in Google Scholar
[Fox, J., Andronic, L., Ash, M., Boye, T., Calza, S., Shang, A., Grosjean, P., Heiberger, R., Kerns, G. J., Lancelot, R., Lesnodd, M., Ligges, U., Messad, S., Maechler, M., Muenchen, R., Murdoch, D., Neuwirth, E., Putler, D., Ripley, B., Ristic, M. & Wolf, P. 2009. Rcmdr: R Commander. R package version 1.5-4. Available at http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=Rcmdr.]Search in Google Scholar
[Garamszegi, L. Zs., Heylen, D., Møller, A. P., Eens, M. & de Lope, F. 2005. Age-dependent health status and song characteristics in the Barn swallow. - Behaviour Ecology 16: 580-591.10.1093/beheco/ari029]Search in Google Scholar
[Hamilton, W. D. & Zuk, M. 1982. Heritable true fitness and bright birds: a role of parasites? - Science 218: 384-387.10.1126/science.7123238]Search in Google Scholar
[Kose, M., Mänd, R. & Møller, A. P. 1999. Sexual selection for white tail spots in the Barn swallow in relation to habitat choice by feather lice. - Animal Behaviour 58: 1201-1205.10.1006/anbe.1999.1249]Search in Google Scholar
[Kose, M. & Møller, A. P. 1999. Sexual selection, feather breakage and parasites: the importance of white spots in the tail of the Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica). - Behaviour Ecology and Sociobiology 45: 430-436.]Search in Google Scholar
[Møller, A. P. 1991. Parasites, sexual ornaments and mate choice in the Barn swallow Hirundo rustica. - in: Loye, J. E. & Zuk, M. (eds.) Bird-parasite interactions: Ecology, evolution and behaviour. - Oxford University Press, Oxford pp. 328-343.]Search in Google Scholar
[Møller, A. P., Brohede, J., Cuervo, J. J., de Lope, F. & Primmer, C. 2003. Extrapair paternity in relation to sexual ornamentation, arrival date, and condition in a migratory bird. - Behaviour Ecology 14: 707-102.]Search in Google Scholar
[Pap, P. L., Tökölyi, J. & Szép, T. 2005. Frequency and consequences of feather holes in Barn swallows Hirundo rustica. - Ibis 147: 169-175.10.1111/j.1474-919x.2004.00386.x]Search in Google Scholar
[Price, R. D., Hellenthal, R. A., Palma, R. L., Johnson, K. P. & Clayton, D. H. (eds.) 2003. The chewing lice, world checklist and biological overview. - Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL ]Search in Google Scholar
[R Development Core Team 2009. R: A language and environmental for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria, ISBN 3-900051-07-0 URL. Available at http://www.Rproject.org.]Search in Google Scholar
[Reiczigel, J., Harnos, A. & Solymosi, N. 2007. Biostatisztika nem statisztikusoknak [Biostatistics for nonstatisticians]. - Pars Kft., Nagykovácsi Reiczigel, J. & Rózsa, L. 2005. Quantitative Parasitology 3.0. - Budapest ]Search in Google Scholar
[Rózsa, L. 2003. A madarak tetvei (Phthiraptera) [Avian lice (Phthiraptera)]. - Állattani Közlemények 88: 2-29.]Search in Google Scholar
[Rózsa, L. 2005. Élősködés: az állati és emberi fejlődés motorja [Parasitism: a driving force of animal and human evolution]. - Medicina Könyvkiadó Rt., Budapest ]Search in Google Scholar
[Rózsa, L., Reiczigel, J. & Majoros, G. 2000. Quantifying parasites in samples of hosts. - Journal of Parasitology 86: 228-232.10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0228:QPISOH]2.0.CO;2]Search in Google Scholar
[Rózsa, L., Rékási, J. & Reiczigel, J. 1996. Relationship of host coloniality to the population ecology of avian lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera). - Journal of Animal Ecology 65: 242-248.10.2307/5727]Search in Google Scholar
[Saino, N., Bolzern, A. M. & Møller, A. P. 1997. Immunocompetence, ornamentation, and viability of male Barn swallows (Hirundo rustica). - Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 94: 549-552.]Search in Google Scholar
[Svensson, L. 1995. Útmutató az európai énekesmadarak határozásához [Identification guide to the European passerines]. - Magyar Madártani és Természetvédelmi Egyesület, Budapest ]Search in Google Scholar
[Szép, T. 2009. Füsti fecske [Barn swallow]. - in: Csörgő, T., Karcza, Zs., Halmos, G., Magyar, G., Gyurácz, J., Szép, T., Bankovics, A., Schmidt, A. & Schmidt, E. (eds.) Magyar Madárvonulási Atlasz [Hungarian Bird Ringing Atlas]. - Kossuth Kiadó Zrt., Budapest pp. 409-414.]Search in Google Scholar
[Vas, Z., Csörgő, T., Møller, A. P. & Rózsa, L. 2008. The feather holes on the Barn swallow Hirundo rustica and other small passerines are probably caused by Brueelia spp. lice. - Journal of Parasitology 94: 1438-1440.10.1645/GE-1542.1]Search in Google Scholar
[Vas, Z. & Fuisz, T. I. 2010. Ringing procedure can reduce the burden of feather lice in Barn swallows Hirundorustica. - Acta Ornithologica 45: 203-207.10.3161/000164510X551345]Search in Google Scholar