Analysis of limiting factors on population growth in praying mantids.
Author of the article:GE De-Yan，CHEN Xiang-Sheng
Author's Workplace：(Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China)
Key Words：Mantodea; population growth; limiting factors; oothecae
Abstract：There are many limiting factors which affect population growth of praying mantids in nature. After reading references,investigating in field and rearing some species in laboratory, we drew a conclusion for these limiting factors in this paper.Natural cond