Miroslav Capek
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Sychra O, Susilova L, Najer T, Literak I, Papousek I, Martinu J, et al.
Parasite
. 2024 Feb;
31:8.
PMID: 38334688
A total of 1,621 wild birds representing 34 species were examined for chewing lice in reed beds in southwestern Slovakia during the pre-breeding migration 2008-2009 and 2016-2019. A total of...
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Sychra O, Rozsa L, Podani J, Sychra V, Literak I, Capek M
Parasitology
. 2023 Dec;
151(2):191-199.
PMID: 38116659
Lice were collected from 579 hummingbirds, representing 49 species, in 19 locations in Brazil, Costa Rica, Honduras, Paraguay and Peru, at elevations 0–3000 m above sea level. The following variables...
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Sychra O, Oslejskova L, Skoupa Z, Najer T, Literak I, Papousek I, et al.
Med Vet Entomol
. 2022 Dec;
37(2):300-307.
PMID: 36519496
A total of 1185 passerine birds representing five species were examined for chewing lice in reed beds in southwestern Slovakia in spring (April) 2008, 2009 and 2016. Additional collecting focused...
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Stekolnikov A, Capek M, Literk I
Zootaxa
. 2022 Sep;
5141(6):501-552.
PMID: 36095775
The study focuses on chigger mites parasitizing bird hosts in three countries of Latin America, Costa Rica, Paraguay, and Peru. In total, 785 chiggers collected from 145 birds of 67...
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Manna T, Hanley D, Honza M, Capek M, Rutila J, Samas P, et al.
Vision Res
. 2020 Jan;
167:54-59.
PMID: 31958715
Avian brood parasites lay their eggs in other birds' nests, and hosts can mitigate the fitness cost of raising unrelated offspring by rejecting parasitic eggs. A visually-based cognitive mechanism often...
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Kaluz S, Manh Hung N, Capek M, Literak I
Zootaxa
. 2016 Jul;
4061(5):483-503.
PMID: 27395515
A total of 12 chigger species (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) occurred on 7 bird species in Vietnam. Two new species, namely Neoschoengastia vietnamensis sp. nov. and Hypogastia stekolnikovi sp. nov. are described,...
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Kounek F, Sychra O, Capek M, Literak I
Zootaxa
. 2015 Jun;
3620:201-22.
PMID: 26120705
A total of 166 individuals from 10 bird species belonging to the family Turdidae were examined for chewing lice in Costa Rica during 2004, 2009 and 2010. A total of...
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Ogrzewalska M, Literak I, Capek M, Sychra O, Calderon V, Rodriguez B, et al.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis
. 2015 Apr;
6(4):478-82.
PMID: 25869035
The aim of this study was to document the presence of Rickettsia spp. in ticks parasitizing wild birds in Costa Rica. Birds were trapped at seven locations in Costa Rica...
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Martinu J, Sychra O, Literak I, Capek M, Gustafsson D, Stefka J
Int J Parasitol
. 2014 Oct;
45(1):63-73.
PMID: 25311782
Parasites with wide host spectra provide opportunities to study the ecological parameters of speciation, as well as the process of the evolution of host specificity. The speciose and cosmopolitan louse...
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Mironov S, Literak I, Sychra O, Capek M
Acta Parasitol
. 2014 Sep;
59(4):568-79.
PMID: 25236264
Two new species of the feather mite family Gabucinidae (Acari: Astigmata) are described from birds of the family Troglodytidae (Passeriformes) from Central America: Piciformobia cinnycerthiae sp. nov. from Cinnycerthia unirufa...