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==Stable age structure==
This age-structured growth model suggests a steady-state, or stable, age-structure and growth rate. Regardless of the initial population size, <math>N_0</math>, or age distribution, the population tends asymptotically to this age-structure and growth rate. It also returns to this state following perturbation. The [[Euler&ndash;Lotka equation]] provides a means of identifying the intrinsic growth rate. The stable age-structure is determined both by the growth rate and the survival function (i.e. the Leslie matrix).<ref name="Charlesworth1980">Further details on the rate and form of convergence to the stable age-structure are provided in Charlesworth, B. (1980) Evolution in age-structured population. Cambridge. [[Cambridge University Press]]</ref> For example, a population with a large intrinsic growth rate will have a disproportionately “young” age-structure. A population with high mortality rates at all ages (i.e. low survival) will have a similar age-structure.