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This paper is devoted to study the population dynamics of a single species in a one-dimensional environment which is modeled by a reaction–diffusion–advection equation with free boundary condition. We find three critical values \(c_0\), 2 and \(\beta ^*\) for the advection coefficient \(-\beta \) with \(\beta ^*>2>c_0>0\), which play key roles in the dynamics, and prove that a spreading-vanishing dichotomy result holds when \(-2<\beta \leqslant c_0\); a small spreading-vanishing dichotomy result holds when \(c_0<\beta <2\); a virtual spreading-transition-vanishing trichotomy result holds when \(2\leqslant \beta <\beta ^*\); only vanishing happens when \(\beta \geqslant \beta ^*\); a virtual vanishing-transition-vanishing trichotomy result holds when \(\beta \leqslant -2\). When spreading or small spreading or virtual spreading happens for a solution, we make use of the traveling semi-wave solutions to give a estimate for the asymptotic spreading speed and asymptotic profile of the right front.
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Sun, N., Di Zhang Dynamical behavior of solutions of a reaction–diffusion–advection model with a free boundary. Z. Angew. Math. Phys. 75, 40 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00033-023-02183-7
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Keywords
- Reaction–diffusion–advection equation
- Fisher-KPP equation
- Free boundary problem
- Long-time behavior
- Spreading phenomena