Monotone travelling fronts in an age-structured reaction-diffusion model of a single species

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 294-312

  Al Omari, J ^a   Gourley, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age structure; Reaction diffusion; Time delay; Travelling Fronts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION GROWTH;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 0344578958     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850200159     Document Type: Article

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