Spreading speeds and traveling waves for non-cooperative reaction-diffusion systems (Q650096)

The authors consider systems of reaction-diffusion equations of the type \[ u_{t}=Du_{xx}+f(u) \text{ for }x\in {\mathbb R},t\geq0 \] with \(u(x,0)=u_{0}(x)\) for \(x\in {\mathbb R}\), where \(u \in{\mathbb R^n}\), \(D=\operatorname{diag}(d_{1},d_{2},\ldots,d_{N})\), \(d_{i}>0\), and \(u_{0}(x)\) is a bounded uniformly continuous function on \({\mathbb R}\). The authors establish the spreading speed for a large class of non-cooperative systems based on those for cooperative systems. Further, the asymptotic behavior of the traveling wave solutions in terms of eigenvalues and eigenvectors for both cooperative and non-cooperative systems is obtained. The results are applied to a partially cooperative system describing interactions between ungulates and grass.