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Jian Fang1, Na Li1, Chenhe Xu2
1School of Mathematics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China.
Abstract:
A mathematical model for the population invasion of Canada goldenrod is proposed, with two reproductive modes, yearly periodic time delay and spatially nonlocal response caused by the influence of wind on the seeds. Under suitable conditions, we obtain the existence of the rightward and leftward invasion speeds and their coincidence with the minimal speeds of time periodic traveling waves. Furthermore, the invasion speeds are finite if the dispersal kernel of seeds is exponentially bounded and infinite if dispersal kernel is exponentially unbounded.
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