Shifting Paradigms for Studying Parasitism in Hybridising Hosts: Response to Theodosopoulos, Hund, and Taylor

Theodosopoulos et al. [ 1 Theodosopoulos A.N. et al. Parasites and host species barriers in animal hybrid zones. Trends Ecol. Evol. 2018; 34 : 19-30 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (0) Google Scholar ] review ‘Parasites and host species barriers in animal hybrid zones’, stating (Abstract) ‘Parasites most frequently show potential to contribute to species barrier breakdown in hybrid zones, but also frequently show potential to facilitate the maintenance of species barriers.’ and (Highlights) ‘Parasites may play an important role in shaping species boundaries.’ We question the support for these statements