The mast seeding plants of Bhutan

Title
The mast seeding plants of Bhutan
Publication Date
2014
Author(s)
Wright, Boyd
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6322-4904
Email: bwright4@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:bwright4
Dorji, Bap Tandin
Mukia, Prabhat Kumar
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Bhutan Ecological Society
Place of publication
Bhutan
UNE publication id
une:20362
Abstract
Mast seeding, the intermittent production of synchronized seed crops among plant populations, is a world-wide phenomenon that has been reported in the Himalayan mountains across a large number of habitat types, and among a wide variety of long-lived grass, shrub and tree species. In this paper, we review various hypotheses that explain why mast seedling occurs, and describe a number of the better-known mast seeding floral elements that exist in Bhutan. We also stress the need for further documentation of the seeding cycles of plants in Bhutan, and emphasize the need for careful management of species that rely on mast seed crops for their regeneration.
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Citation
Proceedings of the Bhutan Ecological Society (1), p. 9-19
ISSN
2410-7913
2410-3861
Start page
9
End page
19

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