- Look up
semelparous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up
iteroparous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Semelparity and
iteroparity are two contrasting...
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hapaxanth and
semelparous. The
antonym is polycarpic, a
plant that
flowers and sets
seeds many
times during its lifetime; the
antonym of
semelparous is iteroparous...
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throughout the season. Beach-spawning male
capelin are
considered to be
semelparous because they die soon
after the
spawning season is over. In
ocean spawning...
- plants".
Strict masting only
occurs in
species that are
monocarpic (or
semelparous) --
individuals of the
species only
reproduce once
during their lifetime...
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Polycyclic animals reproduce intermittently throughout their lives.
Semelparous organisms reproduce only once in
their lifetime, such as
annual plants...
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later in life (senescence); this
occurs in both
annual and
perennial semelparous plants.
Exceptions to this
pattern include long-lived
clonal (see ramets...
- same order, Asparagales. The
common name "century plant"
stems from its
semelparous nature of
flowering only once at the end of its long life.
After flowering...
- will swim
around while carrying the eggs with her. Most
species are
semelparous (only
reproduce once
before dying), the only
known exceptions are the...
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Hymenopteran species, but
velvet ants are
though to be
monogamous and
semelparous. This
means females mate just once in
their lifetime with only one male...
- species. At
least one species,
Coryphaenoides armatus, is
thought to be
semelparous; that is, the
adults die
after spawning.
Nonsemelparous species may live...
