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In this paper we use Aronson's and Weinberger's [1–4] concept of asymptotic speed to estimate the asymptotic behaviour of the solution of a nonlinear integral equation (with the nonlinearity not being monotone), which describes the development of a spatially distributed population.
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Thieme, H.R. Density-dependent regulation of spatially distributed populations and their asymptotic speed of spread. J. Math. Biology 8, 173–187 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00279720
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