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In your own words, describe how a population model that contains age structure information (i.e. like found in an age structure “pyramid”) may be better at predicting future population growth better than a population model that does not contain age structure information. Age structure information includes information on the # of individuals (or the %/proportion) in the population that are: juveniles/not able to reproduce yet, adults that are able to reproduce, and adults that are past reproductive age.
The Age structure model is a fundamental model to study the population growth type and the contribution of each age group in the growth pattern of the current and also in the future population.The pre-reproductive forms the base of the pyramid and then comes reproductive and post-reproductive age groups sequentially.The length of the age group is proportional to its number in the actual population.