Asymptotic speeds of spread and traveling waves for integral equations and delayed reaction-diffusion models

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 430-470

  Thieme, Horst R ^a   Zhao, Xiao Qiang ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymptotic speeds of spread; Minimal wave speeds; Nonlinear integral equations; Population models; Traveling waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345116416     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0396(03)00175-X     Document Type: Article

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