Segregation and mixing in degenerate diffusion in population dynamics

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 695-712

  Witelski, Thomas P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerate diffusion; Dispersal; Nonlinear diffusion; Population dynamics; Porous media equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039872545     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850050072     Document Type: Article

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