Figures - Legend
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.