Degree distribution affects pathogen prevalence and immunity
These simple patterns in the effects of origin population dynamics on those in the destination population have clear implications when pieced together into larger network structures. For instance, the propagation of immune individuals through the metapopulation suggests that populations further "up the chain" will tend to have higher on-average disease incidence and also greater variability. The inheritance of dynamical regimes combined with a hierarchy of dynamics in that inheritence suggests that chaos and cycles should be more common, especially in populations further "down the chain." That is, except in cases where the ultimate origin populations are all disposed toward steady states, in which case the stabilizing effect could overrule downstream local parametrizations, leading to an overall stable system.