Synchrony and asynchrony: Observations and hypotheses for the flowering wave in a long-lived semelparous bamboo

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 773-786

  Franklin, Donald C ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allochrony; Bamboo flowering wave; Bambusa arnhemica; Biological clock; Gregarious semelparity; Incipient speciation; Mast fruiting; Reproductive isolation; Stabilizing selection

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; FLOWERING; MORTALITY; SEMELPARITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

BAMBUSA; BAMBUSA ARNHEMICA;

EID: 2142721016     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2003.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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