Ringing procedure can reduce the burden of feather lice in barn Swallows Hirundo rustica

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-207

  Vas, Zoltán ^a,b   Fuisz, Tibor István ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Amblycera; Barn Swallow; bird ringing; ectoparasites; feather holes; fitness alteration; handling of birds; Ischnocera; lice; louse collection; louse sampling

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; BREEDING SEASON; ECTOPARASITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEATHER; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOUSE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RINGING; SAMPLING; TRAPPING;

AMBLYCERA; AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; INSECTA; ISCHNOCERA; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 79551622712     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164510X551345     Document Type: Article

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