Asymptotic patterns of a structured population diffusing in a two-dimensional strip Original Research Article

In this paper, we derive a population model for the growth of a single species on a two-dimensional strip with Neumann and Robin boundary conditions. We show that the dynamics of the mature population is governed by a reaction–diffusion equation with delayed global interaction. Using the theory of asymptotic speed of spread and monotone traveling waves for monotone semiflows, we obtain the spreading speed c∗c∗, the non-existence of traveling waves with wave speed 0