Persistence criteria for populations with non-local dispersion (Q292665)

The following nonlinear equation \[ \partial_t u(t,x)=J\ast u(t,x)-u(t,x)+f(x,u(t,x)) , ~t>0, x\in R^n, \] where \[ \limsup_{|x|\rightarrow\infty}\frac{f(x,s)}{s}<0, \] uniformly in \(s\geq 0\). An optimal persistence criteria is derived. Also the authors prove that a positive stationary solution exists if and only if the generalized principal eigenvalue \(\lambda_p\) of the linear problem \[ J*\phi -\phi_{\partial_s} f(x,0)\phi +\lambda_p\phi=0 \] is negative.