“…In [1,2], we can find a review of the numerical schemes proposed to solve models of physiologically structured populations, which are compared with regards to accuracy, efficiency, generality, mathematical methodology and qualitative behavior depending on the compatibility conditions between initial and boundary data of the problems. On the other hand, modern numerical methods have been successfully applied to physiologically structured models to replicate available field and/or laboratory A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t data, for a variety of different systems [3,[7][8][9][10][11]15]. All these works indicate that structured population models and numerical simulations are valid tools to investigate systems such as the one under consideration here.…”