Reproductive phenology of two Rhizophora species in Sungai Pulai Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia

The reproductive phenology of two mangrove tree species, Rhizophora apiculata and Rhizophora mucronata, were observed monthly for one complete annual cycle from March 2010 until February 2011 at Sungai Pulai Forest Reserve (FR). The objectives of this study were to identify and compare the reprodu...

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Main Authors:	Nordatul Akmar, Z., Wan Juliana, W.A.
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2012
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7418/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7418/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7418/1/41_1_2.pdf

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spelling	ukm-74182016-12-14T06:44:01Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7418/ Reproductive phenology of two Rhizophora species in Sungai Pulai Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia Nordatul Akmar, Z. Wan Juliana, W.A. The reproductive phenology of two mangrove tree species, Rhizophora apiculata and Rhizophora mucronata, were observed monthly for one complete annual cycle from March 2010 until February 2011 at Sungai Pulai Forest Reserve (FR). The objectives of this study were to identify and compare the reproductive phenological patterns of the two species, to determine the duration of flowering and fruiting development, to investigate the percentage of successfulness for each species, and to look at the relationship between rainfall and temperature with reproductive phenological patterns of the two Rhizophora species. Results revealed that both species produced all reproductive units (flower bud, open flower, and fruit) throughout the study period. The flower bud season for R. apiculata was from November until May whilst R. mucronata was from November until April. The flowering season was from June until August for R. apiculata and January until May for R. mucronata. The fruiting season of R. apiculata was from July until January while March until May for R. mucronata. Development from young flower buds to mature propagules took about 14 to 16 months in R. apiculata. Results showed that 7.3% flower buds of R. apiculata gave rise to open flowers and only 1.4% were fertilized. The production of R. mucronata flower buds was significantly (p< 0.05) inversely correlated with the total monthly rainfall and its fruits production was positively correlated with the mean temperature. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2012-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7418/1/41_1_2.pdf Nordatul Akmar, Z. and Wan Juliana, W.A. (2012) Reproductive phenology of two Rhizophora species in Sungai Pulai Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia. Malaysian Applied Biology, 41 (1). pp. 11-21. ISSN 0126-8643 http://mabjournal.com/
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description	The reproductive phenology of two mangrove tree species, Rhizophora apiculata and Rhizophora mucronata, were observed monthly for one complete annual cycle from March 2010 until February 2011 at Sungai Pulai Forest Reserve (FR). The objectives of this study were to identify and compare the reproductive phenological patterns of the two species, to determine the duration of flowering and fruiting development, to investigate the percentage of successfulness for each species, and to look at the relationship between rainfall and temperature with reproductive phenological patterns of the two Rhizophora species. Results revealed that both species produced all reproductive units (flower bud, open flower, and fruit) throughout the study period. The flower bud season for R. apiculata was from November until May whilst R. mucronata was from November until April. The flowering season was from June until August for R. apiculata and January until May for R. mucronata. The fruiting season of R. apiculata was from July until January while March until May for R. mucronata. Development from young flower buds to mature propagules took about 14 to 16 months in R. apiculata. Results showed that 7.3% flower buds of R. apiculata gave rise to open flowers and only 1.4% were fertilized. The production of R. mucronata flower buds was significantly (p< 0.05) inversely correlated with the total monthly rainfall and its fruits production was positively correlated with the mean temperature.
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author	Nordatul Akmar, Z. Wan Juliana, W.A.
spellingShingle	Nordatul Akmar, Z. Wan Juliana, W.A. Reproductive phenology of two Rhizophora species in Sungai Pulai Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia
author_facet	Nordatul Akmar, Z. Wan Juliana, W.A.
author_sort	Nordatul Akmar, Z.
title	Reproductive phenology of two Rhizophora species in Sungai Pulai Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia
title_short	Reproductive phenology of two Rhizophora species in Sungai Pulai Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia
title_full	Reproductive phenology of two Rhizophora species in Sungai Pulai Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Reproductive phenology of two Rhizophora species in Sungai Pulai Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Reproductive phenology of two Rhizophora species in Sungai Pulai Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia
title_sort	reproductive phenology of two rhizophora species in sungai pulai forest reserve, johor, malaysia
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2012
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7418/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7418/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7418/1/41_1_2.pdf
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Reproductive phenology of two Rhizophora species in Sungai Pulai Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia

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