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Journal of Biological Dynamics Volume 5, 2011 - Issue 5: THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF POPULATIONS IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE, USA, OCTOBER 9–11, 2009
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A transport equation model and diffusion approximation for the walk of whirligig beetles

K. P. Hadeler School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 368-375 | Received 22 Mar 2010, Accepted 28 Jun 2010, Published online: 07 Apr 2011

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