Asymptotic analysis of a size-structured cannibalism model with infinite dimensional environmental feedback

Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1825-1839

  Farkas, József Z ^a   Hagen, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous exponential growth; Cannibalism; Linear semigroup methods; Size structured populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249118416     PISSN: 15340392     EISSN: 15535258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/cpaa.2009.8.1825     Document Type: Article

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