The metabolic theory of ecology and the cost of parasitism

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Mary I. O’Connor ,

* E-mail: oconnor@zoology.ubc.ca

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9583-1592

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Joanna R. Bernhardt

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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About the Authors

Mary I. O’Connor

* E-mail: oconnor@zoology.ubc.ca

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Joanna R. Bernhardt

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Metabolic processes
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Parasitism
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Parasitic diseases
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Temperature gradients
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Species interactions
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Population dynamics
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Host-pathogen interactions
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Theoretical ecology
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