On a two-phase size-structured population model with infinite states-at-birth and distributed delay in birth process

Abstract

In this paper we study the two-phase size-structured population model with infinite states-at-birth and distributed delay in birth process. The model distinguishes individuals by two different status: the ‘reproductive’ stage and the ‘nonreproductive’ stage. We establish the well-posedness for this model and show that the solution of this model exhibits asynchronous exponential growth by means of semigroups. We also consider a special case in which the individuals in the ‘reproductive’ stage and the ‘nonreproductive’ stage have the same growth rates and give a comparison between this two-phase model with the classical one-phase model.