Ing. Miroslav Čapek, CSc.

Position: research scientist
Research topics: ecology and behaviour of birds, bird parasites
Department: Department of Avian Ecology
Phone: +420 543 422 538
Mobile: +420 728 152 584
E-mail: capekivb.cz

BIOGRAPHY

I was born and grew up in the town of Banská Štiavnica (Central Slovakia), Czechoslovakia, where I attended elementary and high school. At an early age I was attracted to nature and cut my birding teeth in the 1970s. Following a degree in forestry at a college in Brno I started my career in academic ornithology in the late 1980s, and I have lived in the Czech Republic since.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Education

- Ing. (MSc) degree, Forestry School of Agricultural College (currently Mendel University), Brno, 1985

- graduate course in ecology, Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, Brno, 1988

- CSc. (PhD) degree in zoology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1992

Work History

- 1987, graduate assistant, Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Brno

- 1987–1988, research fellowship, Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Brno

- 1988–1991, research assistantship, Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Brno

- 1991–1993, research assistant, Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Brno

- 1993–1995, research assistant, Institute of Landscape Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno

- 1995–1998, research scientist, Institute of Landscape Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno

- 1998–present, research scientist, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Brno

University Teaching and Supervising

- 1997–present, lectures on Ornithology, School of Science, Masaryk University, Brno

- supervisor of MSc students.

Member

- Rarities Committee of the Czech Ornithological Society, 1994–2004

- South Moravian Branch of the Czech Ornithological Society

- IOC Standing Committee on Ornithological Nomenclature

- Scientific Advisory Board under the Czech Committee for the Convention on Biological Diversity (consultative body of the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic)

- Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Council No. 6 Ecological-Biological Sciences

National/International Collaboration

- Veterinary and Pharmaceutical University, Brno, Czech Republic

- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Center AS CR v. v. i., České Budějovice, Czech Republic

- Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

- University of Trnava, Slovakia

- University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia

- National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica (INBio), Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica

- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Campo Grande, Brazil

- Instituto das Águas da Serra da Bodoquena, Bonito, Brazil

- Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), Vietnamese Academy of Sciences and Technology (VAST), Hanoi, Vietnam

- Association of Helminthology and Associated Invertebrates (APHIA), Lima, Peru

Field Experience and Studies

- various European countries: 1983–present

- Middle East: 1995, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2010

- North America: 2000

- Australia: 2002

- Southern Africa: 2005

- Western Africa: 2007

- Central America: 2004, 2009, 2010

- South America: 2006

- South East Asia: 2002, 2010

I have participated in 16 research projects and grants since 1993

PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES AND MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

- author/co-author/editor of 10 monographs/books, 43 articles in refereed academic journals, 8 magazine, newspaper and online articles, 33 book reviews, another 22 publications, and 36 research reports

- since 1990 I have given 76 specialized lectures, lectures for the general public and conference talks

- four TV and radio interviews

Selected Monographs, Books, Book Chapters, Encyclopedia Entries

ČAPEK, M., 1994: Birds in Mountain Ecosystems under Pressure of Air Pollution. Acta Sc. Nat. Brno 28 (4): 1-46.

ČAPEK, M., Jr., 1994: Birds of Prey, Cuckoos, Gallinaceous Birds, Herons, Ibises, Storks and Allies, Nightjars, Pigeons and Doves, Waders. In: Poleno, Z., Morávek, F. & Sýkora, P. (eds.): Encyclopedia of Forestry. Vol. I: A-O. Ministerstvo zemědělství, Praha: pp. 30, 64, 143, 282, 440, 465, 527 (in Czech).

ČAPEK, M., Jr., 1995: Birds, Granivorous Birds, Insectivorous Birds, Owls, Passerines, Swans, Geese and Ducks, Woodpeckers. In: Poleno, Z., Morávek, F. & Sýkora, P. (eds.): Encyclopedia of Forestry. Vol II.: P-Ž. Ministerstvo zemědělství, Praha: pp. 28, 178-179, 329, 418, 560 (in Czech).

DANKO, Š., ČAPEK, M, Jr., 2002: Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola). In: Danko, Š., Darolová, A. & Krištín, A (eds.): Birds Distribution in Slovakia. Veda, Bratislava, pp. 497-498 (in Slovak with a summary in English).

TRNKA, A., ČAPEK, M., Jr., 2002: Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon). In: Danko, Š., Darolová, A. & Krištín, A (eds.): Birds Distribution in Slovakia. Veda, Bratislava, pp 495-497 (in Slovak with a summary in English).

TRNKA, A., ČAPEK, M., Jr. & KLOUBEC, B., 2003: Birds of the National Nature Reserve Parížske močiare Marsh. Veda, Bratislava. 163 pp. (in Slovak with a summary in English)

HUDEC, K., ČAPEK, M., Jr., HANÁK, F., KLIMEŠ, J. & PAVÍZA, R., 2003: World Bird Species Checklist: Scientific and Czech Names. Muzeum Komenského, Přerov. 462 pp. (in Czech with a summary in English).

KOVALIK, P., PAČEŇOVSKÝ, S., ČAPEK, M., TOPERCER, J., 2010: Slovak Names for the Birds of the World. SOS/BirdLife Slovensko, Bratislava, 398 pp. (in Slovak with a summary in English).

Projects

Ectoparasites associated with mountain birds in Costa Rica: linking ecology, biodiversity and genetics

Publications

2011

M. HONZA, P. PROCHÁZKA, K. MORONGOVÁ, M. ČAPEK, V. JELÍNEK: Do nest light conditions affect rejection of parasitic eggs? A test of the light environment hypothesis, PRINT 117 (2011) .

S. V. MIRONOV, I. LITERÁK, O. SYCHRA, M. ČAPEK: A new feather mite species of the genus Picalgoides Černý, 1974 (Astigmata: Psoroptoididae) from a passerine host in Costa Rica, Systematic Parasitology 79 (2011) 63-70.

O. SYCHRA, F. KOUNEK, M. ČAPEK, I. LITERÁK: Myrsidea povedai (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae), a new species of chewing louse from Phainoptila melanoxantha (Passeriformes: Bombycillidae), Journal of Parasitology (2011) .

2010

M. ČAPEK, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Repeated presentations of the Common Cuckoo increase nest defense by the Eurasian Reed Warbler but do not induce it to make recognition errors, Condor 112 (2010) 763-769.

S. V. MIRONOV, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK, P. KOUBEK: New species of the feather mite subfamily Pterodectinae (Astigmata, Proctophyllodidae) from passerines in Senegal, Acta Parasitologica 55 (2010) 399-413.

O. SYCHRA, I. LITERÁK, T. NAJER, M. ČAPEK, P. KOUBEK, P. PROCHÁZKA: Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from estrildid finches (Aves: Passeriformes: Estrildidae) and louse-flies (Insecta: Diptera: Hippoboscidae) from birds in Senegal, with descriptions of three new species of the genus Brueelia, Zootaxa 2714 (2010) 59-68.

O. SYCHRA, E. BARLEV, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK, P. KOUBEK, P. PROCHÁZKA: The chewing lice (Phthiraptera) of red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea) in Senegal, with a description of a new species, African Entomology 18 (2010) 17-22.

O. SYCHRA, T. NAJER, F. KOUNEK, M. ČAPEK, I. LITERÁK: Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) on manakins (Passeriformes: Pipridae) from Costa Rica, with description of a new species of the genus Tyranniphilopterus (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae), Parasitology Research 106 (2010) 925-931.

2009

V. BENEDIKT, V. BARUŠ, M. ČAPEK, M. HAVLÍČEK, I. LITERÁK: Blood parasites (Haemoproteus and microfilariae) in birds from the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica, Acta Parasitologica 54 (2009) 197-204.

O. SYCHRA, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK: Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Emberizidae and Thraupidae (Passeriformes) in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, Neotropical Entomology 38 (2009) 501-503.

2008

M. ČAPEK, L. NOVÁČKOVÁ: Tribute to prominent Czech ornithologist Karel Hudec on his 80th birthday, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 199-200.

Z. HUBÁLEK, M. ČAPEK: Migration distance and the effect of North Atlantic Oscillation on the spring arrival of birds in Central Europe, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 212-220.

S. V. MIRONOV, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK: New feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acari: Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, Zootaxa 1947 (2008) 1-38.

2007

A. V. BOCHKOV, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK: Neharpyrhynchus baile n. sp. (Prostigmata: Harpirhynchidae) parasitizing Turdus leucomelas Vieillot (Aves: Turdidae) from Brazil, International Journal of Acarology 33 (2007) 35-39.

F. DUSBÁBEK, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK, M. HAVLÍČEK: Ascid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ascidae) from Costa Rican hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae), with description of three new species and a key to the Proctolaelaps belemensis species group, Zootaxa 1484 (2007) 51-67.

A. A. STEKOL'NIKOV, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK, M. HAVLÍČEK: Chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) from wild birds in Costa Rica, with a description of three new species, Folia Parasitologica 54 (2007) 59-67.

O. SYCHRA, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK, M. HAVLÍČEK: Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from buntings, cardinals and tanagers (Passeriformes: Emberizidae, Cardinalidae, Thraupidae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of two new species of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae), Zootaxa 1631 (2007) 57-68.

O. SYCHRA, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK, M. HAVLÍČEK: Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from ovenbirds, leaftossers and woodcreepers (Passeriformes: Furnariidae: Furnariinae, Sclerurinae, Dendrocolaptinae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of four new species of the genera Rallicola and Myrsidea, Caribbean Journal of Science 43 (2007) 117-126.

2006

F. DUSBÁBEK, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK, M. HAVLÍČEK: Three species of the genus Pellonyssus (Acari: Macronyssidae) including a new species from Costa Rican birds, International Journal of Acarology 32 (2006) 175-178.

O. SYCHRA, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK, M. HAVLÍČEK: Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from typical antbirds and ground antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae, Formicariidae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of three new species of the genera Formicaphagus and Myrsidea, Zootaxa 1206 (2006) 47-61.

2005

B. KLOUBEC, M. ČAPEK: Seasonal and diel budgets of song: a study of Savi's warbler (Locustella luscinioides), Journal of Ornithology 146 (2005) 206-214.

2004

M. HONZA, T. GRIM, M. ČAPEK JR., A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT: Nest defence, enemy recognition and nest inspection behaviour of experimentally parasitized Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Bird Study 51 (2004) 256-263.

M. HONZA, P. PROCHÁZKA, B. G. STOKKE, A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT, M. ČAPEK JR., V. MRLÍK: Are blackcaps current winners in the evolutionary struggle against the common cuckoo?, Journal of Ethology 22 (2004) 175-180.

2003

V. MRLÍK, M. ČAPEK JR.: Jeřábek lesní (Bonasa bonasia) ve vrcholových částech Moravskoslezských Beskyd, Crex - Zpravodaj Jihomoravské pobočky ČSO 21 (2003) 114-119.

2002

M. ČAPEK JR., B. KLOUBEC: Seasonal and diel patterns of song output by great reed warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus, Biologia 57 (2002) 267-276.

2001

M. HONZA, J. PICMAN, T. GRIM, V. NOVÁK, M. ČAPEK JR., V. MRLÍK: How to hatch from an egg of great structural strength. A study of the common cuckoo, Journal of avian biology 32 (2001) 249-255.


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HOME GENERAL INFORMATION STRUCTURE OF IVB STAFF PUBLICATIONS PROJECTS BOARD OF INSTITUTE SUPERVISORY BOARD FOLIA ZOOLOGICA NEWS PRESS RELEASE CONFERENCE LINKS	Ing. Miroslav Čapek, CSc. Position: research scientist Research topics: ecology and behaviour of birds, bird parasites Department: Department of Avian Ecology Phone: +420 543 422 538 Mobile: +420 728 152 584 E-mail: capekivb.cz BIOGRAPHY I was born and grew up in the town of Banská Štiavnica (Central Slovakia), Czechoslovakia, where I attended elementary and high school. At an early age I was attracted to nature and cut my birding teeth in the 1970s. Following a degree in forestry at a college in Brno I started my career in academic ornithology in the late 1980s, and I have lived in the Czech Republic since. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Education - Ing. (MSc) degree, Forestry School of Agricultural College (currently Mendel University), Brno, 1985 - graduate course in ecology, Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, Brno, 1988 - CSc. (PhD) degree in zoology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1992 Work History - 1987, graduate assistant, Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Brno - 1987–1988, research fellowship, Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Brno - 1988–1991, research assistantship, Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Brno - 1991–1993, research assistant, Institute of Systematic and Ecological Biology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Brno - 1993–1995, research assistant, Institute of Landscape Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno - 1995–1998, research scientist, Institute of Landscape Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno - 1998–present, research scientist, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Brno University Teaching and Supervising - 1997–present, lectures on Ornithology, School of Science, Masaryk University, Brno - supervisor of MSc students. Member - Rarities Committee of the Czech Ornithological Society, 1994–2004 - South Moravian Branch of the Czech Ornithological Society - IOC Standing Committee on Ornithological Nomenclature - Scientific Advisory Board under the Czech Committee for the Convention on Biological Diversity (consultative body of the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic) - Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Council No. 6 Ecological-Biological Sciences National/International Collaboration - Veterinary and Pharmaceutical University, Brno, Czech Republic - Institute of Parasitology, Biology Center AS CR v. v. i., České Budějovice, Czech Republic - Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia - University of Trnava, Slovakia - University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia - Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia - National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica (INBio), Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Campo Grande, Brazil - Instituto das Águas da Serra da Bodoquena, Bonito, Brazil - Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), Vietnamese Academy of Sciences and Technology (VAST), Hanoi, Vietnam - Association of Helminthology and Associated Invertebrates (APHIA), Lima, Peru Field Experience and Studies - various European countries: 1983–present - Middle East: 1995, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2010 - North America: 2000 - Australia: 2002 - Southern Africa: 2005 - Western Africa: 2007 - Central America: 2004, 2009, 2010 - South America: 2006 - South East Asia: 2002, 2010 I have participated in 16 research projects and grants since 1993 PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES AND MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS - author/co-author/editor of 10 monographs/books, 43 articles in refereed academic journals, 8 magazine, newspaper and online articles, 33 book reviews, another 22 publications, and 36 research reports - since 1990 I have given 76 specialized lectures, lectures for the general public and conference talks - four TV and radio interviews Selected Monographs, Books, Book Chapters, Encyclopedia Entries ČAPEK, M., 1994: Birds in Mountain Ecosystems under Pressure of Air Pollution. Acta Sc. Nat. Brno 28 (4): 1-46. ČAPEK, M., Jr., 1994: Birds of Prey, Cuckoos, Gallinaceous Birds, Herons, Ibises, Storks and Allies, Nightjars, Pigeons and Doves, Waders. In: Poleno, Z., Morávek, F. & Sýkora, P. (eds.): Encyclopedia of Forestry. Vol. I: A-O. Ministerstvo zemědělství, Praha: pp. 30, 64, 143, 282, 440, 465, 527 (in Czech). ČAPEK, M., Jr., 1995: Birds, Granivorous Birds, Insectivorous Birds, Owls, Passerines, Swans, Geese and Ducks, Woodpeckers. In: Poleno, Z., Morávek, F. & Sýkora, P. (eds.): Encyclopedia of Forestry. Vol II.: P-Ž. Ministerstvo zemědělství, Praha: pp. 28, 178-179, 329, 418, 560 (in Czech). DANKO, Š., ČAPEK, M, Jr., 2002: Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola). In: Danko, Š., Darolová, A. & Krištín, A (eds.): Birds Distribution in Slovakia. Veda, Bratislava, pp. 497-498 (in Slovak with a summary in English). TRNKA, A., ČAPEK, M., Jr., 2002: Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon). In: Danko, Š., Darolová, A. & Krištín, A (eds.): Birds Distribution in Slovakia. Veda, Bratislava, pp 495-497 (in Slovak with a summary in English). TRNKA, A., ČAPEK, M., Jr. & KLOUBEC, B., 2003: Birds of the National Nature Reserve Parížske močiare Marsh. Veda, Bratislava. 163 pp. (in Slovak with a summary in English) HUDEC, K., ČAPEK, M., Jr., HANÁK, F., KLIMEŠ, J. & PAVÍZA, R., 2003: World Bird Species Checklist: Scientific and Czech Names. Muzeum Komenského, Přerov. 462 pp. (in Czech with a summary in English). KOVALIK, P., PAČEŇOVSKÝ, S., ČAPEK, M., TOPERCER, J., 2010: Slovak Names for the Birds of the World. SOS/BirdLife Slovensko, Bratislava, 398 pp. (in Slovak with a summary in English). Projects Ectoparasites associated with mountain birds in Costa Rica: linking ecology, biodiversity and genetics Publications 2011 M. HONZA, P. PROCHÁZKA, K. MORONGOVÁ, M. ČAPEK, V. JELÍNEK: Do nest light conditions affect rejection of parasitic eggs? A test of the light environment hypothesis, PRINT 117 (2011) . S. V. MIRONOV, I. LITERÁK, O. SYCHRA, M. ČAPEK: A new feather mite species of the genus Picalgoides Černý, 1974 (Astigmata: Psoroptoididae) from a passerine host in Costa Rica, Systematic Parasitology 79 (2011) 63-70. O. SYCHRA, F. KOUNEK, M. ČAPEK, I. LITERÁK: Myrsidea povedai (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae), a new species of chewing louse from Phainoptila melanoxantha (Passeriformes: Bombycillidae), Journal of Parasitology (2011) . 2010 M. ČAPEK, M. POŽGAYOVÁ, P. PROCHÁZKA, M. HONZA: Repeated presentations of the Common Cuckoo increase nest defense by the Eurasian Reed Warbler but do not induce it to make recognition errors, Condor 112 (2010) 763-769. S. V. MIRONOV, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK, P. KOUBEK: New species of the feather mite subfamily Pterodectinae (Astigmata, Proctophyllodidae) from passerines in Senegal, Acta Parasitologica 55 (2010) 399-413. O. SYCHRA, I. LITERÁK, T. NAJER, M. ČAPEK, P. KOUBEK, P. PROCHÁZKA: Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from estrildid finches (Aves: Passeriformes: Estrildidae) and louse-flies (Insecta: Diptera: Hippoboscidae) from birds in Senegal, with descriptions of three new species of the genus Brueelia, Zootaxa 2714 (2010) 59-68. O. SYCHRA, E. BARLEV, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK, P. KOUBEK, P. PROCHÁZKA: The chewing lice (Phthiraptera) of red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea) in Senegal, with a description of a new species, African Entomology 18 (2010) 17-22. O. SYCHRA, T. NAJER, F. KOUNEK, M. ČAPEK, I. LITERÁK: Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) on manakins (Passeriformes: Pipridae) from Costa Rica, with description of a new species of the genus Tyranniphilopterus (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae), Parasitology Research 106 (2010) 925-931. 2009 V. BENEDIKT, V. BARUŠ, M. ČAPEK, M. HAVLÍČEK, I. LITERÁK: Blood parasites (Haemoproteus and microfilariae) in birds from the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica, Acta Parasitologica 54 (2009) 197-204. O. SYCHRA, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK: Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Emberizidae and Thraupidae (Passeriformes) in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, Neotropical Entomology 38 (2009) 501-503. 2008 M. ČAPEK, L. NOVÁČKOVÁ: Tribute to prominent Czech ornithologist Karel Hudec on his 80th birthday, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 199-200. Z. HUBÁLEK, M. ČAPEK: Migration distance and the effect of North Atlantic Oscillation on the spring arrival of birds in Central Europe, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 212-220. S. V. MIRONOV, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK: New feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acari: Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, Zootaxa 1947 (2008) 1-38. 2007 A. V. BOCHKOV, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK: Neharpyrhynchus baile n. sp. (Prostigmata: Harpirhynchidae) parasitizing Turdus leucomelas Vieillot (Aves: Turdidae) from Brazil, International Journal of Acarology 33 (2007) 35-39. F. DUSBÁBEK, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK, M. HAVLÍČEK: Ascid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ascidae) from Costa Rican hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae), with description of three new species and a key to the Proctolaelaps belemensis species group, Zootaxa 1484 (2007) 51-67. A. A. STEKOL'NIKOV, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK, M. HAVLÍČEK: Chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) from wild birds in Costa Rica, with a description of three new species, Folia Parasitologica 54 (2007) 59-67. O. SYCHRA, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK, M. HAVLÍČEK: Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from buntings, cardinals and tanagers (Passeriformes: Emberizidae, Cardinalidae, Thraupidae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of two new species of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae), Zootaxa 1631 (2007) 57-68. O. SYCHRA, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK, M. HAVLÍČEK: Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from ovenbirds, leaftossers and woodcreepers (Passeriformes: Furnariidae: Furnariinae, Sclerurinae, Dendrocolaptinae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of four new species of the genera Rallicola and Myrsidea, Caribbean Journal of Science 43 (2007) 117-126. 2006 F. DUSBÁBEK, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK, M. HAVLÍČEK: Three species of the genus Pellonyssus (Acari: Macronyssidae) including a new species from Costa Rican birds, International Journal of Acarology 32 (2006) 175-178. O. SYCHRA, I. LITERÁK, M. ČAPEK, M. HAVLÍČEK: Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from typical antbirds and ground antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae, Formicariidae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of three new species of the genera Formicaphagus and Myrsidea, Zootaxa 1206 (2006) 47-61. 2005 B. KLOUBEC, M. ČAPEK: Seasonal and diel budgets of song: a study of Savi's warbler (Locustella luscinioides), Journal of Ornithology 146 (2005) 206-214. 2004 M. HONZA, T. GRIM, M. ČAPEK JR., A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT: Nest defence, enemy recognition and nest inspection behaviour of experimentally parasitized Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus, Bird Study 51 (2004) 256-263. M. HONZA, P. PROCHÁZKA, B. G. STOKKE, A. MOKSNES, E. ROSKAFT, M. ČAPEK JR., V. MRLÍK: Are blackcaps current winners in the evolutionary struggle against the common cuckoo?, Journal of Ethology 22 (2004) 175-180. 2003 V. MRLÍK, M. ČAPEK JR.: Jeřábek lesní (Bonasa bonasia) ve vrcholových částech Moravskoslezských Beskyd, Crex - Zpravodaj Jihomoravské pobočky ČSO 21 (2003) 114-119. 2002 M. ČAPEK JR., B. KLOUBEC: Seasonal and diel patterns of song output by great reed warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus, Biologia 57 (2002) 267-276. 2001 M. HONZA, J. PICMAN, T. GRIM, V. NOVÁK, M. ČAPEK JR., V. MRLÍK: How to hatch from an egg of great structural strength. A study of the common cuckoo, Journal of avian biology 32 (2001) 249-255.