Beyond contact-based transmission networks: The role of spatial coincidence

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 111, 2015, Pages

  Richardson, Thomas O ^a,b,c   Gorochowski, Thomas E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Epidemic; Networks; Social insects; Temnothorax albipennis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DECAY CHARACTERISTICS; DIRECT PHYSICAL CONTACTS; EPIDEMIC; INTERACTION STRENGTH; SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION; SOCIAL INSECTS; TEMNOTHORAX ALBIPENNIS; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY;

ANIMALS;

ANIMAL SOCIETY; ANT; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; WORKER (INSECT); ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84945914242     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0705     Document Type: Article

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