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"Capuchins are thought of as generalist species because they live in a lot of different places with different climates and diverse ecologies. They're successful generalists," Lucore said.

"With the ice melting rapidly, such communities might be replaced by the more generalist ones we found elsewhere."

Some have called her an environmental activist, but Winter says she sees herself more as an advocate, a generalist, a synthesist, or perhaps an “infrastructuralist” who deeply values natural infrastructure.

If a species is a generalist, able to adapt to its circumstances — think about the racoons or deer in your suburban neighborhood, or the capuchin in this study — it may need less help.

“That makes it a multi-host pathogen. If it’s a generalist, it’s more dangerous,” says Drew Harvell, a marine ecologist at Cornell who was not involved in the research.