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physics.soc-ph2018
Rethinking animal social complexity measures with the help of complex systems concepts
Elizabeth A. Hobson, Vanessa Ferdinand, Artemy Kolchinsky +1
Explaining how and why some species evolved to have more complex social structures than others has been a long-term goal for many researchers in animal behavior because it would pr…
physics.soc-ph2016
Dynamics of beneficial epidemics
Andrew Berdahl, Christa Brelsford, Caterina De Bacco +12
Pathogens can spread epidemically through populations. Beneficial contagions, such as viruses that enhance host survival or technological innovations that improve quality of life,…