yenas), we
would find that these animals harbor high levels of parasite
prevalence and species richness, with most hosts infected with
gastrointestinal nematodes, ticks and bacteria. Not only are the
hosts heavily infected, but the parasites also link the different trophic
levels (e.g. herbivore–carnivore) given that the tapeworm larvae
inhabiting the muscles of the herbivores develop into adults in
carnivores. These long chains of multispecies connections can
stabilize the community structure in ways that increase resilience
and that might help persistence