News Finding: The same effect can also be found in small communities where are simply fewer options for people to interact with.
Paper Finding: This regime is expected to arise when the ratio S /L is particularly large.
News Context: The researchers predicted this effect using a mathematical theory and then found that it held true in actual data gathered on the personal networks of isolated immigrant communities in Spain. The same effect can also be found in small communities where are simply fewer options for people to interact with. This is a notion the researchers point out that I can vouch for from personal experience.
Paper Context: Therefore, a second, as yet unnoticed, regime is predicted in which the structure is reversed-the more demanding the layers, the more populated they are. This regime is expected to arise when the ratio S /L is particularly large. That would be the case, for instance, of individuals living in small populations or within limited social environments.