Consider the life of the praying mantis. The large, predatory female lays several hundred eggs in a foam mass in the fall. The young are most vulnerable when they emerge in the spring, but the few that survive spread out over the countryside and, if they find a mate, lay eggs the following fall. Which type of survivorship curve does this represent?

A. type I
B. type II
C. type III
D. maximal exponential growth and minimal use of carrying capacity
E. exponential growth followed by a decline from resource depletion


Answer: C

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