Viruses and viral epidemics in the metabolic theory of evolution
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anorl.2020.05.014
Abstract: Abstract Viruses, including the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the current COVID-19 epidemic, are a key to the understanding of life and evolution. Cells may have arisen from aqueous sequestration inside a lipid envelope studded with… read more here.
Keywords: metabolic theory; evolution; viral epidemics; viruses viral ... See more keywords
Constraining nonlinear time series modeling with the metabolic theory of ecology.
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2211758120
Abstract: Forecasting the response of ecological systems to environmental change is a critical challenge for sustainable management. The metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) posits scaling of biological rates with temperature, but it has had limited application… read more here.
Keywords: time; ecology; time series; metabolic theory ... See more keywords