(of a plant) producing flowers and fruit more than once (usually many times) beforedying
2.
(of an animal) producing offspring more than once during its lifetime
Derived forms
iteroparity (ˈiteroˌparity)
noun
Examples of 'iteroparous' in a sentence
iteroparous
Spawning was iteroparous, occurring throughout the year.
Silvana Duarte, Francisco Gerson Araújo, Armando Sales, Nilo Bazzoli 2007, 'Morphology of gonads, maturity and spawning season of Loricariichthys spixii (Siluriformes,Loricariidae) in a Subtropical Reservoir', Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132007000700013. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Females of the three species are iteroparous.
Eduardo Bessa, José Sabino 2012, 'Territorial hypothesis predicts the trade-off between reproductive opportunities andparental care in three species of damselfishes (Pomacentridae: Actinopterygii) Lahipótesis territorial predice la compensación entre las oportunidades reproductivasy el cuidado parental en tres especies de peces damisela (Pomacentridae: Actinopterygii)',Latin American Journal of Aquatic Researchhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-560X2012000100013. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The three species are iteroparous and females could be all-at-once or batch-spawners.
Guiomar Rotllant, Joan Moranta, Enric Massutí, Francisco Sardà, Beatriz Morales-Nin 2002, 'Reproductive biology of three gadiform fish species through the Mediterranean deep-searange (147-1850 m)', Scientia Marinahttp://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/574. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In many iteroparous species individual fitness components, such as reproductive output, first increase with age and then decline during late-life.
Martijn Hammers, David S. Richardson, Terry Burke, Jan Komdeur 2012, 'Age-Dependent Terminal Declines in Reproductive Output in a Wild Bird', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0040413. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
At genet level, the effect might be similar to that achieved by synchronously reproducing iteroparous plants.
Inoue Mizuki, Ayaka Sato, Ayumi Matsuo, Yoshihisa Suyama, Jun-Ichirou Suzuki, AkifumiMakita 2014, 'Clonal structure, seed set, and self-pollination rate in mass-flowering bamboo speciesduring off-year flowering events.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4130643?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)