This research was financed by the National Natural Science Foundation (No. 30470284) and the Center for Development Research of the University of Bonn (P. 52015).
Flowering pattern and seedling establishment of umbrella bamboo (Fargesia murieliae (Gamble) Yi) were studied in its native habitat, Mount Shennongjia in Central China. Here in 1996-2000, over 95% of the bamboo pl...