Look up: Semelparity


  1. Semelparity
    Where organisms produce all of their offspring in a single reproductive event over one relatively short period.
    Found op http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/Townsend/Glossary/GlossaryS.html

  2. semelparity
    (from the article `aging`) Reproduction is an all-important function of an organism`s life history, and all other vital processes, including senescence and death, are shaped to ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/62

  3. semelparity
    In biology, the occurrence of a single act of reproduction during an organism's lifetime. Most semelparous species produce very large numbers of offspring when they do reproduce, and normally die soon afterwards. Examples include the Pacific salmon and the pine looper moth. Many plants are semelparo...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0008109.html

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