Phylogenetic and Ecological Trends in Specialization: Disentangling the Drivers of Ectoparasite Host Specificity
A. M. Brown, K. Speer, T. Tiexeira, E. Clare, N. B. Simmons, J. A. Balbuena, C. Dick, K. Dittmar, S. Perkins
This study investigates factors driving host specificity in bat flies, finding that ecological competition better predicts specialization than coevolution.
bioRxiv · Apr 6, 2022 · PreprintEcology