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Host Specificity Index

Host Specificity Index is a quantitative metric used in ecological and parasitological studies that measures the degree of host range restriction exhibited by a parasite or pathogen species, distinguished from other host range measures by its incorporation of phylogenetic or taxonomic relatedness among host species.

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2017–2026

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45

Species Coextinctions and the Biodiversity Crisis

Lian Pin Koh, Robert R. Dunn, Navjot S. Sodhi et al. · Science · 2004 · 639 citations

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Parasite specialization from a phylogenetic perspective: a new index of host specificity

Robert Poulin, David Mouillot · Parasitology · 2003 · 251 citations

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Host specificity of temperate and tropical animals

R. A. Beaver · Nature · 1979 · 167 citations

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COMBINING PHYLOGENETIC AND ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION INTO A NEW INDEX OF HOST SPECIFICITY

Robert Poulin, David Mouillot · Journal of Parasitology · 2005 · 138 citations

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Host index of plant diseases in Queensland.

Jeanette Simmonds · 1966 · 134 citations

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Authors

116

  1. RP
    Robert Poulin

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    4 publications · 559 citations

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  2. DM
    David Mouillot

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    3 publications · 457 citations

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  3. MC
    Marta Contigiani

    Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina

    2 publications · 27 citations

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  4. GI
    Georgy I. Shenbrot

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    2 publications · 170 citations

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  5. FS
    Fernando S. Flores

    Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina

    2 publications · 27 citations

    2

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Institutions

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    684 citations

  2. Université de Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    523 citations

  3. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    595 citations

  4. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    343 citations

  5. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    78 citations

  6. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

    Córdoba, Argentina

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    93 citations

  7. Curtin University

    Perth, Australia

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    3.9K citations

  8. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    174 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Parasitology

    4 publications · 196 citations

    4

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  2. International Journal for Parasitology

    3 publications · 157 citations

    3

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  3. Journal of Economic Entomology

    2 publications · 41 citations

    2

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  4. Parasitology

    2 publications · 287 citations

    2

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 49 citations

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