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Non-Uniform Stable Solutions to Reaction-Diffusion Equations: Applications to Ecological Pattern Formation

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Pattern Formation by Dynamic Systems and Pattern Recognition

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In the mathematical theory of ecological communities, there are two major subjects: (i) the temporal dynamics of interacting populations and (ii) the spatial pattern of the community. Historically, these subjects have undergone quite independent development, and have been concerned with very different sorts of questions.

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Levin, S.A. (1979). Non-Uniform Stable Solutions to Reaction-Diffusion Equations: Applications to Ecological Pattern Formation. In: Haken, H. (eds) Pattern Formation by Dynamic Systems and Pattern Recognition. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67480-8_20

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