Local records of gregarious flowering of six major bamboo species over forty years in northern Laos and regional synchronicity of Dendrocalamus membranaceus in two flowering sites
Local records of gregarious flowering of six major bamboo species over forty years in northern Laos and regional synchronicity of Dendrocalamus membranaceus in two flowering sites
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老挝北部六种主要竹种四十年来群居开花的地方记录及两处开花地竹竹的区域同步性
DOI:
10.1007/s11629-016-3990-7
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Isao HIROTA
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作者:
M. Motoyama;T. Kimura;M. Ejiri;and Y. Iriyama;Isao HIROTA
Bamboos are widely distributed in mainland Southeast Asia and have abundant biomass. They are characterized by prolonged vegetative growth and semelparity. Where bamboos are dominant, their synchronous flowering and death has a major impact on forest vegetation. Although the small-scale dynamics of this process have become clearer in recent years, the history, geographical scale and synchronicity of bamboo flowering over broad areas remains unknown. This study focused on the flowering history of six bamboo species,Bambusa tulda, Cephalostachyum virgatum, Dendrocalamus hamiltonii, Dendrocalamus membranaceus, Indosasa sinica and Oxytenanthera parvifolia, over 40 years across a broad area of northern Laos. We also examined the synchronicity of flowering inD. membranaceus. We visited 49 villages in northern Laos and surveyed knowledgeable inhabitants about bamboo flowering history. The timing, scale and synchronicity of gregarious flowering varied among species.D. hamiltoniiandD. membranaceusshowed higher flowering synchronicity than other species. All the species exceptI. sinicahad both sporadic and gregarious flowering traits, and showed conspicuous variability in their flowering scale. The flowering bamboo population at two gregarious flowering sites forD. membranaceuswas surveyed. While this species had the highest synchronicity in this study, its synchronicity was lower than other species in previous studies worldwide. We found that the gregarious flowering of bamboos in northern Laos over the last 40 years showed lower synchronicity than bamboo flowering reported in other areas of the world. The historical dynamics and scale of bamboo flowering must be further clarified to understand the vegetation composition of this area.