Ecological Correlates and Phylogenetic Signal of Host Use in North American Unionid Mussels

We investigated the relationships among species of North American unionid mussels and their known host fishes from a macroevolutionary perspective to test whether and how ecological and evolutionary factors correlate with patterns of host use. A subset of 69 mussel species were chosen based on data availability regarding their fish host repertoires, phylogenetic relationships, and ecology. The data uploaded here encompasses all the host-parasite interactions, ecological data, and R code used to perform analyses.本研究从宏观演化视角出发，针对北美蚌科（Unionidae）淡水贻贝物种与其已知宿主鱼类之间的关联展开探究，旨在验证生态与演化因子是否以及如何与宿主利用模式存在相关性。研究基于69种贻贝的鱼类宿主范围、系统发育关系及生态特征的数据可获得性，筛选得到该物种子集。本上传数据集包含本研究中所使用的全部宿主-寄生虫互作数据、生态数据以及用于开展分析的R代码。