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Figure 1. Influence of host-switching on the eco-evolutionary patterns of simulated parasites for feather mites associated with birds (see Table 1 for details). Here we demonstrated the relationship between: a . Host-switching intensity and variation in the composition of parasite species (β) between host species; b . Host-switching intensity and parasite normalized Sackin index (In); c . Relationship between β, In, and the host-switching intensity. The lines refer to empirical information of parasite (continuous) and host (dotted). The colored dots are redundant with the x-axis scale of graphs (a) and (b), but intend to guide the interpretation of (c). A total of 50 runs were performed with 250 individuals of carrying capacity, for each configuration of the parameters of host-switching intensity.
Figure 2. The relationship between variation in the composition, normalized Sackin index of parasite species and host-switching intensity for nine empirical cases: the variation in parasites’ composition, measured by the metric beta diversity (β) on the y-axis and the normalized Sackin index (In) on the x-axis. Each ID represents an empirical case. The lines refer to empirical information of parasite (continuous) and host (dotted). Color scales represent each percentage interval of host-switching intensity. A total of 50 runs were performed with 250 individuals of carrying capacity, for each configuration of the parameters of host-switching intensity.
Figure 3 . Relation of the host-switching intensity among empirical cases considering cases that correspond to \(\pm 5\%\)confidence interval in relation to the metrics variation (beta diversity and the normalized Sackin index simulated and empirical). The boxplots show the simulation distributions for each empirical case. Regional scale cases are represented by salmon color, and local scale cases by blue. The number in axis x represents the empirical cases: ID. 1 - Birds and feather mites. ID. 2 - Mammals and lice. ID. 3 - Wildlife and ectoparasites. ID. 4 and 5 - Rodents and fleas. ID. 6 - Fish and Platyhelminthes (Gyrodactylidae). ID. 7 - Frogs and Polystomes (Polystomatidae). ID. 8 - Frogs and Nematodes (Rhabdias spp. ). ID. 9 - Frogs and Nematodes (Oswaldocruzia spp.). The asterisks (*) represent cases of endoparasites.