Effects of gradual spatial variation in resources on population extinction: Analytic calculations for abrupt transitions

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 390, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-262

  Kumar, Niraj ^a   Kenkre, V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrupt transition; Fisher equation; Population extinction

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ABRUPT TRANSITION; AIRY FUNCTION; ANALYTIC CALCULATIONS; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; FISHER EQUATION; PETRI DISH; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 78649320535     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2010.09.026     Document Type: Article

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