Overall: understanding parasite diversity and extent of range-filling is important for basic parasite ecology, conservation, and zoonotic spread
psr per host important for understanding which host factors put hosts most at risk for harboring high psr
psr per ecoregion important for understanding which regions have more parasites and possible more zoonotic potential
extent of range-filling per parasite helps to understand what drivers of parasite fitness might be across parasite taxa
brt model can help to understand which climatic variables are important for predicting whether parasites will be present which is important for understanding risk to wildlife and humans
Overall: understanding parasite diversity and extent of range-filling is important for basic parasite ecology, conservation, and zoonotic spread
psr per host important for understanding which host factors put hosts most at risk for harboring high psr
psr per ecoregion important for understanding which regions have more parasites and possible more zoonotic potential
extent of range-filling per parasite helps to understand what drivers of parasite fitness might be across parasite taxa
brt model can help to understand which climatic variables are important for predicting whether parasites will be present which is important for understanding risk to wildlife and humans