About the Authors

Bence Ferdinandy

Affiliation Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Enys Mones

Affiliation Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Tamás Vicsek

Affiliations Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, MTA-ELTE Statistical and Biological Physics Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Viktor Müller

mueller.viktor@gmail.com

Affiliations MTA-ELTE Theoretical Biology and Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, Parmenides Center for the Conceptual Foundations of Science, Pullach/Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: BF VM. Wrote the paper: BF VM. Conceived the study: VM. Contributed to the design of the study: BF EM TV VM. Developed the modelling framework: BF EM TV VM. Implemented the model: BF.