title: Are generalist parasites being lost from their hosts?
abstract: Co-extinctions should be regarded as fundamental co-evolutionary events promoting species turnover, prior than a consequence of human induced biodiversity loss. Focusing on current scenarios is key to biodiversity conservation, but predicting future trends could be harder and less fruitful than trying to get a better grasp on the past.
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Via E. Fermi 2749, 21027, Ispra (VA), Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strona
authors.affiliation: CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Departamento de Ciéncias Agrárias, Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores, 9700-042, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal.
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fattorini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D005075:Biological Evolution; D006801:Humans; D010271:Parasites
keywords: IUCN; asymmetry of interaction; biodiversity loss; co-extinctions; host range; host specificity