Parasite specialization in a unique habitat: hummingbirds as reservoirs of generalist blood parasites of Andean birds

Understanding how parasites fill their ecological niches requires information on the processes involved in the colonization and exploitation of unique host species. Switching to hosts with atypical attributes may favour generalists broadening their niches or may promote specialization and parasite d...

• Autor principal: Moens, Michael (author)
• Otros Autores: Valkiūnas, Gediminas (author), Paca, Anahí (author), Bonaccorso, Elisa (author), Aguirre, Nikolay (author), Pérez-Tris, Javier (author)
• Formato: article
• Lenguaje: eng
• Publicado: 2016
• Acceso en línea: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.12550; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14809/3527