Table 2 Co-occurrence of parasites in samples across hosts. Number of samples with different number of parasite species. Relative frequencies (%) are given in brackets.
No. of parasite species per sample | V. velutina | V. crabro | Vespula spp. | Polistes spp. | Bombus spp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 79) | (N = 31) | (N = 21) | (N = 11) | (N = 25) | |
0 | 46 (58.2) | 18 (58.1) | 4 (19.0) | 3 (27.3) | 8 (32.0) |
1 | 14 (17.7) | 6 (19.4) | 12 (57.1) | 4 (36.4) | 11 (44.0) |
2 | 11 (13.9) | 3 (9.7) | 4 (19.0) | 4 (36.4) | 5 (20.0) |
3 | 7 (8.9) | 4 (12.9) | 1 (4.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.0) |
4 | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
