Research Interests
Ecology of animal parasites, systematics of blood parasites, especially haemosporidians (Apicomplexa, Haemosporida).
Education
| 1996 | Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg Ph.D., D. Sc, Biological Sciences |
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| 1984 | Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg B.S., Biological Sciences |
Selected Publications
Valkiūnas, G. 2004. Avian malarial parasites and other haemosporidia. Taylor and Francis Publishing, London.
Valkiūnas G., Bairlein F., Iezhova T.A., Dolnik O.V. 2004. Factors affecting the relapse of Haemoproteus belopolskyi and the parasitemia of Trypanosoma spp. in a naturally infected European songbird, the Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla. Parasitology Research, 93: 218-222.
Valkiūnas G., Iezhova T.A. 2004. Detrimental effects of Haemoproteus infections on the biting midge Culicoides impunctatus (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Journal of Parasitology, 90: 194-196.
Valkiūnas G., Iezhova T.A. 2004. The transmission of Haemoproteus belopolskyi (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) of blackcap by Culicoides impunctatus (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Journal of Parasitology, 90: 196-198.
Valkiūnas G., Iezhova T.A., Shapoval A.P. 2003. High prevalence of blood parasites in hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes. Journal of Natural History, 37: 2647-2652.
Valkiūnas G., Salaman P., Iezhova T.A. 2003. Paucity of hematozoa in Colombian birds. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 39: 445-448.
Valkiūnas G., Ashford R.W. 2002. Natural host range is not a valid taxonomic character. Trends in Parasitology, 18: 528-529.
Valkiūnas G., Iezhova T.A., Mironov S.V. 2002. Leucocytozoon hamiltoni n. sp. from the Bukharan great tit Parus bokharensis.Journal of Parasitology, 88: 577-581.
Valkiūnas G., Liutkevičius G., H., Iezhova T.A. 2002. Complete development of three species of Haemoproteus (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) in the biting midge Culicoides impunctatus (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Journal of Parasitology, 85: 864-868.
Valkiūnas G., Iezhova T.A. 2001. A comparison of the blood parasites in three subspecies of the yellow wagtail Motacilla flava. Journal of Parasitology, 87: 930-934. 143.