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hosts as islands: a standalone construct

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Parasitology

the treatment of individual hosts or host species as islands colonised by parasites, applying island biogeography to parasite richness.

In parasitology, hosts as islands refers to the treatment of individual hosts or host species as islands colonised by parasites, applying island biogeography to parasite richness. This meaning comes from Kuris (1980) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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host2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs theory of island biogeography1 fields · 3 citationsanchor · a standalone construct parasite3 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Kuris, A. M., Blaustein, A. R., & Alio, J. J. (1980). Hosts as Islands. The American Naturalist, 116(4), 570-586. https://doi.org/10.1086/283647

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