Wavefronts for a non-local reaction-diffusion population model with general distributive maturity

IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications)

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 477-495

  Weng, Peixuan ^a   Wu, Jianhong ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infinite distributed maturity; Monotone travelling front; Non local distribution; Reaction diffusion equation

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS;

INFINITE DISTRIBUTED MATURITY; MONOTONE TRAVELLING FRONT; REACTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 44949172419     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: 14643634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/hxn007     Document Type: Article

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