FOOD CONSUMPTION AND UTILIZATION BY THREE SPECIES OF ACRIDOIDS (ADULT STAGE) IN TYPICAL STEPPE
典型草原三种蝗虫成虫期的食物消耗量及其利用的初步研究

This paper deals with the preliminary studies on food consumption and utilization by three species of ecridcids viz. Dasyhippus barbipes F.-W. (Db), My-rmeleotettix palpalis (Zub. )(Mp) and Oedaleus decorus asiaticus B -B'enko(Oda), under the natural conditions of field near the foothills of Ihoula Mt. in Xilin River District, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) Autonomous Region.It is well known that the acridoids function as the primary consumers in the typical steppe ecosystem, and the study on the food consumpt...