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Metabolic approaches to understanding climate change impacts on seasonal host-macroparasite dynamics

  1. Péter K. Molnár1,*,
  2. Susan J. Kutz2,
  3. Bryanne M. Hoar2,
  4. Andrew P. Dobson1,3

Article first published online: 16 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1111/ele.12022

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Ecology Letters

Ecology Letters

Volume 16, Issue 1, pages 9–21, January 2013

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Ecology Letters (2013) 16: 9–21

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  1. 1

    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  3. 3

    Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

*Correspondence: E-mail: pmolnar@princeton.edu

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 11 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 16 NOV 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 24 SEP 2012
  4. Manuscript Revised: 13 SEP 2012
  5. Manuscript Revised: 23 JUL 2012
  6. Manuscript Received: 14 JUN 2012

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  • McDonnell Foundation
  • NSERC
  • Alberta Innovates

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