title: HostSwitch: An R Package to Simulate the Extent of Host-Switching by a Consumer
abstract: In biology a general definition for host switch is when an organism (consumer) uses a new host (which represents a resource). The host switch process by a consumer may happen through its pre-existing capability to use a sub-optimal resource. The [*HostSwitch*](https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=HostSwitch) R package provides functions to simulate the dynamics of host switching (extent and frequency) in the population of a consumer that interacts with current and potential hosts over the generati
journal: The R Journal