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Miroslav Capek publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Miroslav Capek sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 64 publications — 6th percentile

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Miroslav Capek D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Miroslav Capek sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Miroslav Capek is affiliated with Mendel University Brno in the Czech Republic. Their research spans several fields, chiefly Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Immunology and Microbiology. These areas reflect a broad focus on interactions between organisms and their environments, particularly within parasitology and ecology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Immunology and Microbiology

The subfields in which Miroslav Capek is active emphasize ecological and parasitological investigations, including:

  • Parasitology
  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science
  • Genetics

Their research focuses on several key topics, notably many aspects of avian biology and disease, as well as animal behavior and parasitism:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Study of Mite Species
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance

Miroslav Capek has published in a variety of scientific journals, indicating engagement with different aspects of visual systems, animal behavior, and parasitology. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Vision Research
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Journal für Ornithologie
  • Journal of Vertebrate Biology
  • Parasitology

Recent papers authored by Miroslav Capek include:

  • "Fitting different visual models to behavioral patterns of parasitic egg rejection along a natural egg color gradient in a cavity-nesting host species," 2020, Vision Research
  • "Spatiotemporal patterns of egg laying in the common cuckoo," 2021, Animal Behaviour
  • "New species and records of chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) from birds of the Neotropics," 2022, Zootaxa
  • "Ultraviolet coloration of avian parasitic egg does not cue egg rejection in the common redstart host," 2022, Journal für Ornithologie
  • "Falling out of the host nest: an overlooked factor decreasing survival of brood parasite chicks," 2020, Journal of Avian Biology

The researcher frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Marcel Honza
  • Ivan Literák
  • Oldřich Sychra
  • Peter Samaš
  • Michal Šulc

Best Publications

  • Are blackcaps current winners in the evolutionary struggle against the common cuckoo

    Marcel Honza;Petr Procházka;Petr Procházka;Bård G. Stokke;Arne Moksnes

  • How to hatch from an egg of great structural strength. A study of the Common Cuckoo

    Marcel Honza;Jaroslav Picman;Tomáš Grim;Vít Novák

  • New feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acari: Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

    Sergey V. Mironov;Ivan Literak;Miroslav Čapek

  • Nest defence, enemy recognition and nest inspection behaviour of experimentally parasitized Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus

    Marcel Honza;Tomás Grim;Miroslav Capek;Arne Moksnes

  • Feather mites of the subfamily Proctophyllodinae (Acari: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Costa Rica

    Sergey V. Mironov;Ivan Literak;Oldrich Sychra;Miroslav Capek

  • Bacteria of the genus Rickettsia in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from birds in Costa Rica.

    Maria Ogrzewalska;Ivan Literák;Miroslav Capek;Oldřich Sychra

  • Usutu Virus in Blackbirds (Turdus merula), Czech Republic, 2011–2012

    Zdeněk Hubálek;Ivo Rudolf;Miroslav Čapek;Tamás Bakonyi;Tamás Bakonyi

  • Do Nest Light Conditions Affect Rejection of Parasitic Eggs? A Test of the Light Environment Hypothesis

    Marcel Honza;Petr Procházka;Klára Morongová;Miroslav Čapek

  • Eye trematode infection in small passerines in Peru caused by Philophthalmus lucipetus, an agent with a zoonotic potential spread by an invasive freshwater snail.

    Ivan Literák;Petr Heneberg;Jiljí Sitko;Eric J. Wetzel

  • Rickettsia bellii in ticks Amblyomma varium Koch, 1844, from birds in Peru.

    Maria Ogrzewalska;Ivan Literak;Jorge M. Cardenas-Callirgos;Miroslav Capek

  • A Rickettsia parkeri-like agent infecting Amblyomma calcaratum nymphs from wild birds in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

    Maria Ogrzewalska;Thiago Martins;Miroslav Capek;Ivan Literak

  • Repeated Presentations of the Common Cuckoo Increase Nest Defense by the Eurasian Reed Warbler but Do Not Induce It to Make Recognition Errors

    Miroslav Čapek;Milica Požgayová;Petr Procházka;Marcel Honza

  • Host generalists and specialists emerging side by side: an analysis of evolutionary patterns in the cosmopolitan chewing louse genus Menacanthus.

    Jana Martinů;Oldřich Sychra;Ivan Literák;Miroslav Čapek

  • Mimicry cannot explain rejection type in a host–brood parasite system

    Michal Šulc;Jolyon Troscianko;Gabriela Štětková;Gabriela Štětková;Anna E. Hughes

  • Fitting different visual models to behavioral patterns of parasitic egg rejection along a natural egg color gradient in a cavity-nesting host species.

    Thomas J. Manna;Daniel Hanley;Marcel Honza;Miroslav Capek

  • New feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acari: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines and woodpeckers (Aves: Passeriformes and Piciformes) in Vietnam

    Sergey Mironov;Ivan Literak;Nguyen Manh Hung;Miroslav Capek

  • Birds use eggshell UV reflectance when recognizing non-mimetic parasitic eggs

    Michal Šulc;Michal Šulc;Petr Procházka;Miroslav Capek;Marcel Honza

  • Common cuckoo females are not choosy when removing an egg during parasitism

    Michal Šulc;Michal Šulc;Petr Procházka;Miroslav Capek;Marcel Honza

  • Blood parasites (Haemoproteus and microfilariae) in birds from the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica.

    Vaclav Benedikt;Vlastimil Barus;Miroslav Capek;Martin Havlicek

  • Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from typical antbirds and ground ant- birds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae, Formicariidae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of three new species of the genera Formicaphagus and Myrsidea

    Oldřich Sychra;Ivan Literák;Miroslav Čapek;Martin Havlíček

  • Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from wild birds in Senegal, with descriptions of three new species of the genera Brueelia and Philopteroides

    Tomáš Najer;Oldřich Sychra;Ivan Literák;Petr Procházka

  • New species and new records of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera and Ischnocera) from bulbuls (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae) in Vietnam

    Tomas Najer;Oldrich Sychra;Nguyen Manh Hung;Miroslav Capek

  • Chewing lice of the genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Cardinalidae, Emberizidae, Fringillidae and Thraupidae (Aves: Passeriformes) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of four new species

    Filip Kounek;Oldrich Sychra;Miroslav Capek;Alexandra Lipkova

  • Chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from wild passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in northern Vietnam, with descriptions of three new species

    Tomas Najer;Oldrich Sychra;Nguyen Manh Hung;Miroslav Capek

  • New species of the feather mite subfamily Pterodectinae (Astigmata, Proctophyllodidae) from passerines in Senegal

    Sergey V. Mironov;Ivan Literák;Miroslav Čapek;Petr Koubek

  • Chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) from wild birds in Costa Rica, with a description of three new species.

    Alexandr A. Stekol'nikov;Ivan Literák;Miroslav Čapek;Martin Havlíček

  • Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) on manakins (Passeriformes: Pipridae) from Costa Rica, with description of a new species of the genus Tyranniphilopterus (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae)

    Oldrich Sychra;Tomas Najer;Filip Kounek;Miroslav Capek

  • The Chewing Lice (Phthiraptera) of Red-Billed Quelea (Quelea quelea) in Senegal, with a Description of a New Species

    Oldřich Sychra;E Barlev;Ivan Literák;M Capek

  • Chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera et Ischnocera) from wrens (Passeriformes: Troglodytidae), with description of a new species of Myrsidea

    Oldřich Sychra;Filip Kounek;Ivo Papoušek;Miroslav Čapek

  • Chewing lice of genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from Turdidae (Passeriformes) of Costa Rica, with descriptions of seven new species

    Filip Kounek;Oldrich Sychra;Miroslav Capek;Ivan Literak

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel Honza
Marcel Honza Czech Academy of Sciences
Oldrich Sychra
Oldrich Sychra University of Veterinary Sciences Brno
Petr Procházka
Petr Procházka Czech Academy of Sciences
Sergey Mironov
Sergey Mironov Belgorod National Research University
Marcelo B. Labruna
Marcelo B. Labruna Universidade de São Paulo
Maria Ogrzewalska
Maria Ogrzewalska Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Zdeněk Hubálek
Zdeněk Hubálek Czech Academy of Sciences
Norbert Nowotny
Norbert Nowotny University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Tamás Bakonyi
Tamás Bakonyi University of Veterinary Medicine
Arne Moksnes
Arne Moksnes Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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