Discussion
The most frequent variable determining infection prevalence and
intensity was coinfection, highlighting a crucial role of parasite
community structure in determining individual parasite species are
distributed in this population. Every parasite species measured was
associated with at least one other species, with many observed across
guilds, confirming the importance of accounting for coinfection across
multiple parasite groups when studying coinfected wild populations. Both
negative and positive associations were observed, forming a complicated
picture of parasite community structure, and providing a framework upon
which mechanisms of parasite interactions might be further explored.