@article{fdi:010053395, title = {{T}wo-time scales in spatially structured models of population dynamics : a semigroup approach}, author = {{S}anchez, {E}. and {A}uger, {P}ierre and {P}oggiale, {J}. {C}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he aim of this work is to provide a unified approach to the treatment of a class of spatially structured population dynamics models whose evolution processes occur at two different time scales. {I}n the setting of the {C}-0-semigroup theory, we will consider a general formulation of some semilinear evolution problems defined on a {B}anach space in which the two-time scales are represented by a parameter epsilon > 0 small enough, that mathematically gives rise to a singular perturbation problem. {A}pplying the so-called aggregation of variables method, a simplified model called the aggregated model is constructed. {A} nontrivial mathematical task consists of comparing the asymptotic behaviour of solutions to both problems when epsilon -> 0(+), under the assumption that the aggregated model has a compact attractor. {A}pplications of the method to a class of two-time reaction-diffusion models of spatially structured population dynamics and to models with discrete spatial structure are given.}, keywords = {{A}ggregation of variables ; {T}wo-time scales ; {S}patially structured ; population dynamics ; {R}eaction-diffusion equations}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{J}ournal of {M}athematical {A}nalysis and {A}pplications}, volume = {375}, numero = {1}, pages = {149--165}, ISSN = {0022-247{X}}, year = {2011}, DOI = {10.1016/j.jmaa.2010.08.014}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053395}, }