Martin Marinov
Personal information
- Contacts
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2 Yurii Gagarin Street,
1113 Sofia, BulgariaE-mails:
martin.marinov@iber.bas.bg
martin.marinov72@gmail.comORCID iD: 0000-0001-7785-9436
ResearcherID: L-9074-2016Other links:
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Avian Blood Parasites RG blog- Curriculum vitae
Date and place of birth: 1 February 1972, Stavertsi, Bulgaria
Education:
2017: PhD in Ecology, Department of Animal Diversity and Resources, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Thesis: Associations between individual behaviour and haemosporidian infections in model species of passerine birds (In Bulgarian, English abstract).
Supervisor: Prof. Boyko Georgiev
Co-supervisor: Prof. Pavel Zehtindjiev2010: MSc in Vertebrate Zoology, Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski".
Thesis: Behaviour of the Golden Jackal (Canis aureus) in Captivity - Classification and Construction of a Comprehensive Ethogram (In Bulgarian).
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Ventseslav Delov
Adviser: Assoc. Prof. Diana Zlatanova2007: BSc in Biology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski".
Research Visits:
February 2012: Department of Biology, Lund University, Sweden
Participation in scientific meetings:
Marinov, M., D. Dimitrov, A. Bobeva, K. Ivanova, S. Peev, M. Ilieva. Bird anti-mosquito defensive behaviour in relation to avian malaria. 12th European Ornithologists' Union Congress, 26 - 30.08.2019, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Marinov, M., M. Ilieva. Comparison of exploratory behaviour in two subspecies of the willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus in relation to haemosporidian infections. 6th Polish Evolutionary Conference, 26 – 28 September 2018, Warsaw, Poland.
Marinov, M., C. Marchetti, D. Dimitrov, M. Ilieva, P. Zehtindjiev. Do mixed haemosporidian infections exert additive effects on the behaviour of a passerine host? 3rd International Conference "Malaria and Related Haemosporidian Parasites of Wildlife", 27 – 29 September 2016, Arbanassi, Bulgaria.
Marinov, M., P. Zehtindjiev, C. Marchetti. Prevalence of Blood Parasites in Birds of Different Personalities: Comparative Research in Certain European Bird Species.
Malaria and Related Haemosporidian Parasites of Wildlife, 7 – 11 August 2013, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania.Marinov, M., P. Zehtindjiev, D. Dimitrov, M. Ilieva, C. Marchetti. Bird Behaviour and Malaria: Hypotheses, Preliminary Results and Possible Consequences for Wetland Biodiversity. International Conference "Wetlands: Functioning, Management and Restoration", 16 – 19 October 2011, Albena Resort, Varna, Bulgaria.
- Research interests
Animal behaviour: personality and behavioural syndromes in passerines; behavioural plasticity; animal cognition
Behavioural and evolutionary ecology: Interaction between haemosporidians and bird behaviour - adaptive value, effects and consequences for the host fitness and survival
- Publications
Dimitrov, D., Marinov, M. P., Bobeva, A., Ilieva, M., Bedev, K., Atanasov, T., & Zehtindjiev, P. (2019). Haemosporidian parasites and leukocyte profiles of pre-migratory rosy starlings (Pastor roseus) brought into captivity. Animal Migration, 6(1): 41–48. (doi.org/10.1515/ami-2019-0005).
Marinov, M., Zehtindjiev, P., Dimitrov, D., Ilieva, M., Bobeva, A. & Marchetti, C. (2017) Haemosporidian infections and host behavioural variation: a case study on wild-caught nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos). Ethology Ecology & Evolution 29(2): 126-137. (doi:10.1080/03949370.2015.1102776).
Marinov, M. P., Marchetti, C., Dimitrov, D., Ilieva, M., & Zehtindjiev, P. (2017). Mixed haemosporidian infections are associated with higher fearfulness in Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 95(6): 405–410. (doi:10.1139/cjz-2016-0121).
Vasilev, V., & Marinov, M. P. (2017). Oological characteristics of a colony of Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula L.) in the town of Shumen, NE Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 69(1): 143–147. (link)
Zehtindjiev, P., Vasilev, V., Marinov, M. P., Ilieva, M., Dimitrov, D., Peev, S., Raykov, I., Raykova, V., Ivanova, K., Bedev, K. & Yankov, Y. (2017). No Evidence for Displacement of Wintering Red-breasted Geese Branta ruficollis (Pallas, 1769) (Anseriformes) at a Wind Farms Area in Northeast Bulgaria: Long-term Monitoring Results. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 69(2): 215–228. (link)
Michev, B., Zehtindjiev, P., Marinov, M. P. & Liechti, F. (2017). Relationship between the Intensity of Nocturnal Migration Measured by Radar and the Anthropogenic Mortality of Birds. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 69(2) 229–237. (link)
Affiliation
- Department
- Animal Diversity and Resources
- Division
- Biodiversity and Ecology of Parasites
- Research group
- Avian Blood Parasites
History
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