Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1993 |
Authors: | L. Rózsa |
Journal: | International Journal for Parasitology |
Volume: | 23 |
Issue: | 7 |
Pagination: | 859 - 864 |
Date Published: | 1993 |
Keywords: | biography, coevolution, extinction, Fahrenholz's Law, island, rule, species, stragglers., tracking |
Abstract: | Two competing views have been expressed to explain ectoparasite speciation patterns, one emphasizing co-speciation and the other emphasing host switching. Though recent authors prefered a combination of these views, the available phylogenetic trees cannot be interpreted without revisiting island biogeography theory. Parasite extinction due to a temporal decline in host population size seems to be a prerequisite of subsequent speciation by host-switch. The need for a re-evaluation of "stragglers" (ectoparasites found on non-specific hosts) is emphasized. |
URL: | http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/38725.pdf |
DOI: | 10.1016/0020-7519(93)90050-9 |
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