Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Martin Marinov

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Animal Diversity and Resources

Biodiversity and Ecology of Parasites

Avian Blood Parasites

Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2 Yurii Gagarin Street,
1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

E-mails:
martin.marinov@iber.bas.bg
martin.marinov72@gmail.com

ORCID iD: <a href="https://www.orcid.org/0000-0001-7785-9436">0000-0001-7785-9436</a&gt;
ResearcherID: <a href="http://www.researcherid.com/rid/L-9074-2016">L-9074-2016</a&gt;

Other links:
<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin_Marinov2">ResearchGate</a&gt;
<a href="http://avibloodparasitesrg.blogspot.bg/p/martin.html">Avian Blood Parasites RG blog</a>

<strong>Date and place of birth:</strong> 1 February 1972, Stavertsi, Bulgaria

<strong>Education:</strong>

2017: PhD in Ecology, <a href="http://www.iber.bas.bg/?q=en/node/66/">Department of Animal Diversity and Resources</a>, <a href="http://www.iber.bas.bg/?q=en/node/2/">Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences</a>.
Thesis: Associations between individual behaviour and haemosporidian infections in model species of passerine birds (In Bulgarian, <a href="http://www.iber.bas.bg/sites/default/files/2017/Martin_Marinov/MMarinov… abstract</a>).
Supervisor: <a href="http://www.iber.bas.bg/?q=en/user/9/">Prof. Boyko Georgiev</a>
Co-supervisor: <a href="http://www.iber.bas.bg/?q=en/user/30/">Prof. Pavel Zehtindjiev</a>

2010: <a href="https://www.uni-sofia.bg/index.php/eng/content/download/56466/648776/ve… in Vertebrate Zoology</a>, <a href="https://www.uni-sofia.bg/index.php/eng/the_university/faculties/faculty… of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"</a>.
Thesis: Behaviour of the Golden Jackal (<em>Canis aureus</em>) in Captivity - Classification and Construction of a Comprehensive Ethogram (In Bulgarian).
Supervisor: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Venceslav_Delov">Assoc. Prof. Ventseslav Delov</a>
Adviser: <a href="https://www.uni-sofia.bg/index.php/bul/universitet_t/fakulteti/biologic…; Assoc. Prof. Diana Zlatanova</a>

2007: BSc in Biology, <a href="https://www.uni-sofia.bg/index.php/eng/the_university/faculties/faculty… of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"</a>.

<strong>Research Visits:</strong>

February 2012: Department of Biology, Lund University, Sweden

<strong>Participation in scientific meetings:</strong>

Marinov, M., D. Dimitrov, A. Bobeva, K. Ivanova, S. Peev, M. Ilieva. Bird anti-mosquito defensive behaviour in relation to avian malaria. <a href="https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/869/program-app/program">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 <em>Phylloscopus trochilus</em> in relation to haemosporidian infections. <a href="http://pec2018.cent.uw.edu.pl/">6th Polish Evolutionary Conference, 26 – 28 September 2018, Warsaw, Poland<a/>.

Marinov, M., C. Marchetti, D. Dimitrov, M. Ilieva, P. Zehtindjiev. Do mixed haemosporidian infections exert additive effects on the behaviour of a passerine host? <a href="http://www.iber.bas.bg/sites/default/files/ProgramArbanasi2016.pdf">3rd International Conference "Malaria and Related Haemosporidian Parasites of Wildlife", 27 – 29 September 2016, Arbanassi, Bulgaria<a/>.

Marinov, M., P. Zehtindjiev, C. Marchetti. Prevalence of Blood Parasites in Birds of Different Personalities: Comparative Research in Certain European Bird Species.
<a href="https://www.google.bg/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=8&cad=rja&… and Related Haemosporidian Parasites of Wildlife, 7 – 11 August 2013, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania</a>.

Marinov, M., P. Zehtindjiev, D. Dimitrov, M. Ilieva, C. Marchetti. Bird Behaviour and Malaria: Hypotheses, Preliminary Results and Possible Consequences for Wetland Biodiversity. <a href="http://cim.bg/images/uploads/programm_WETLANET.pdf">International Conference "Wetlands: Functioning, Management and Restoration", 16 – 19 October 2011, Albena Resort, Varna, Bulgaria</a>.

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

Dimitrov, D., Bobeva, A., Marinov, M. P., Ilieva, M., Zehtindjiev, P. 2023. First evidence for development of <em>Plasmodium relictum</em> (Grassi and Feletti, 1891) sporozoites in the salivary glands of <em>Culex modestus</em> Ficalbi, 1889. Parasitology Research, <strong>122</strong>(7): 1689-1693. <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-023-07853-z"&gt; (doi:10.1007/s00436-023-07853-z).

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 (<em>Pastor roseus</em>) brought into captivity. Animal Migration, <strong>6</strong>(1): 41–48. <a href="https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ami.2019.6.issue-1/ami-2019-0005/ami-2…;.

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 (<em>Luscinia megarhynchos</em>). Ethology Ecology & Evolution, <strong>29</strong>(2): 126-137. <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8hYAEtzcsgWptjSnc3ur/full">(doi:10.10…;.

Marinov, M. P., Marchetti, C., Dimitrov, D., Ilieva, M., & Zehtindjiev, P. (2017). Mixed haemosporidian infections are associated with higher fearfulness in Yellow Wagtail (<em>Motacilla flava</em>). Canadian Journal of Zoology, <strong>95</strong>(6): 405–410. <a href="https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjz-2016-0121#.XlwuGKg…;.

Vasilev, V., & Marinov, M. P. (2017). Oological characteristics of a colony of Eurasian Jackdaw (<em>Corvus monedula</em> L.) in the town of Shumen, NE Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, <strong>69</strong>(1): 143–147. <a href="http://www.acta-zoologica-bulgarica.eu/downloads/acta-zoologica-bulgari…;

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 <em>Branta ruficollis</em> (Pallas, 1769) (Anseriformes) at a Wind Farms Area in Northeast Bulgaria: Long-term Monitoring Results. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, <strong>69</strong>(2): 215–228. <a href="http://www.acta-zoologica-bulgarica.eu/downloads/acta-zoologica-bulgari…;

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, <strong>69</strong>(2) 229–237. <a href="http://www.acta-zoologica-bulgarica.eu/downloads/acta-zoologica-bulgari…;