A mathematical model of the population dynamics of disease-transmitting vectors with spatial consideration

Journal of Biological Dynamics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 335-365

  Nourridine, Siewe ^a   Teboh Ewungkem, Miranda I ^b   Ngwa, Gideon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartmental framework; Flight range domain; Hopf bifurcation; Population dynamics; Vector breeding sites and human habitat

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959278114     PISSN: 17513758     EISSN: 17513766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513758.2010.508540     Document Type: Article

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