Flowering and flooding: Factors influencing shoot production in a semelparous bamboo

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-192

  Franklin, D C ^a   Hogarth, N J ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bambusa arnhemica; Clumps; Gregarious monocarpy; Northern Australia; Recruitment; Riparian vegetation

Indexed keywords

PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVERS;

BAMBUSA ARNHEMICA; CLUMPS; GREGARIOUS MONOCARPY; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; RECRUITMENT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BANKS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; WET SEASON;

BAMBOO;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BAMBOO; BIOMONITORING; FLOODING; FLOWERING; MORTALITY; RAINFALL; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BANK; SEMELPARITY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; STEM; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION; WILD POPULATION;

BAMBUSA; BAMBUSA ARNHEMICA;

EID: 49149120984     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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