Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching and adaptive radiation by their parasites
B. M. Boyd, N.-P. Nguyen, J. M. Allen, R. M. Waterhouse, K. B. Vo, A. D. Sweet, D. H. Clayton, S. E. Bush, M. D. Shapiro, K. P. Johnson
This study shows that long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves created new ecological opportunities for their parasites to speciate through host-switching, but this opportunity decreased over time as cospeciation became more common.
bioRxiv · Aug 2, 2021Evolutionary Biology