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Response to Strona & Fattorini: are generalist parasites being lost from their hosts?
Author(s) -
Farrell Maxwell J.,
Stephens Patrick R.,
Davies T. Jonathan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of animal ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.134
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1365-2656
pISSN - 0021-8790
DOI - 10.1111/1365-2656.12470
Subject(s) - generalist and specialist species , parasite hosting , host (biology) , extinction (optical mineralogy) , biology , criticism , zoology , helminths , ecology , habitat , computer science , art , paleontology , literature , world wide web
We respond to criticism of our recent paper by examining assumptions about the structure of host‐parasite networks, and discuss the implications of host extinction on our perception of parasite specificity.