semelparous

Examples of semelparous in the following topics:

• Life History Patterns and Energy Budgets

  • Semelparous species are those that only reproduce once during their lifetime and then die.
  • Examples of semelparity are bamboo, which flowers once and then dies, and the Chinook salmon, which uses most of its energy reserves to migrate from the ocean to its freshwater nesting area, where it reproduces and then dies .