Steady states of a selection-mutation model for an age structured population

• Published in: Journal of mathematical analysis and applications Vol. 400; no. 2; pp. 386 - 395
• Main Authors: Calsina, Àngel, Palmada, Josep M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 15.04.2013
• Subjects: Age-structure; Maturation age; Selection-mutation; Spectral radius; Steady state; Age-structure; Steady state; Spectral radius; Selection-mutation; Maturation age

We introduce a selection-mutation model for an age and age at maturity structured population. The age at maturity is considered an evolutionary trait on which the vital rates depend, subject to selection by competition, and to mutation modelled by a birth term which takes the form of a convolution-l...