
doi: 10.1007/bf00276310
The spatial and temporal distribution of the spruce budworm is modelled by a nonlinear diffusion equation. Two questions are considered: 1. What is the critical size of a patch of forest which can support an outbreak? 2. What is the width of an effective barrier to spread of an outbreak?
Population dynamics (general), Ecology, nonlinear diffusion, spruce budworm, General biology and biomathematics, Applications of Brownian motions and diffusion theory (population genetics, absorption problems, etc.), spatial patterning, comparison methods
Population dynamics (general), Ecology, nonlinear diffusion, spruce budworm, General biology and biomathematics, Applications of Brownian motions and diffusion theory (population genetics, absorption problems, etc.), spatial patterning, comparison methods
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