RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON SPATIAL PROPAGATION FOR DIFFUSION EQUATIONS IN SHIFTING ENVIRONMENTS

In this short review, we describe some recent developments on the spatial propagation for diffusion problems in shifting environments, including single species models, competition/cooperative models and chemotaxis models submitted to classical reaction-diffusion equations (with or without free boundaries), integro-difference equations, lattice differential equations and nonlocal dispersal equations. The considered topics may typically come from modeling the threats associated with global climate change and the worsening of the environment resulting from industrialization which lead to the shifting or translating of the habitat ranges, and also arise indirectly in studying the pathophoresis as well as some multi-stage invasion processes. Some open problems and potential research directions are also presented.

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This review discusses recent developments in spatial propagation for diffusion problems in shifting environments, covering various models and equations. These topics are relevant for modeling the impact of global climate change, industrialization, pathophoresis, and invasion processes. Open problems and potential research directions are also highlighted.