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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.
Host extinction can alter disease transmission dynamics, influence parasite extinction and ultimately change the nature of host–parasite systems. While theory predicts that single‐host parasites are among the parasite species most susceptible to extinction following declines in their hosts, documented parasite extinctions are rare.
Using a comparative approach, we investigate how the richness...
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