Population persistence under advection-diffusion in river networks

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DOI10.1007/S00285-011-0485-6zbMATH Open1251.92046arXiv1103.5488OpenAlexW2169367003WikidataQ51505787 ScholiaQ51505787MaRDI QIDQ690654FDOQ690654


Authors: J. M. Ramirez Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 28 November 2012

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: An integro-differential equation on a tree graph is used to model the evolution and spatial distribution of a population of organisms in a river network. Individual organisms become mobile at a constant rate, and disperse according to an advection-diffusion process with coefficients that are constant on the edges of the graph. Appropriate boundary conditions are imposed at the outlet and upstream nodes of the river network. The local rates of population growth/decay and that by which the organisms become mobile, are assumed constant in time and space. Imminent extinction of the population is understood as the situation whereby the zero solution to the integro-differential equation is stable. Lower and upper bounds for the eigenvalues of the dispersion operator, and related Sturm-Liouville problems are found, and therefore sufficient conditions for imminent extinction are given in terms of the physical variables of the problem.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.5488




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