The periodic Ross-Macdonald model with diffusion and advection

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Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1067-1089

  Lou, Yijun ^a   Zhao, Xiao Qiang ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global attractivity; Malaria transmission; Periodic travelling waves; Positive periodic solution; Reaction diffusion advection model; Spreading speeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953954714     PISSN: 00036811     EISSN: 1563504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036810903437804     Document Type: Article

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