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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages 104-127Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17513758.2014.950184
Keywords
birth-jump processes; integro-differential equations; diffusion limit; reaction-diffusion equations; critical domain size; minimal wave speed; wildfire spotting; 92B05; 35Q92; 45K05
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Birth-jump models are designed to describe population models for which growth and spatial spread cannot be decoupled. A birth-jump model is a nonlinear integro-differential equation. We present two different derivations of this equation, one based on a random walk approach and the other based on a two-compartmental reaction-diffusion model. In the case that the redistribution kernels are highly concentrated, we show that the integro-differential equation can be approximated by a reaction-diffusion equation, in which the proliferation rate contributes to both the diffusion term and the reaction term. We completely solve the corresponding critical domain size problem and the minimal wave speed problem. Birth-jump models can be applied in many areas in mathematical biology. We highlight an application of our results in the context of forest fire spread through spotting. We show that spotting increases the invasion speed of a forest fire front.
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