Editing Reproduction (section)

===Other types===
{{main|Semelparity and iteroparity}}
* '''Polycyclic animals''' reproduce intermittently throughout their lives.
* '''Semelparous organisms''' reproduce only once in their lifetime,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cole|first=Lamont C.|title=The Population Consequences of Life History Phenomena|journal=The Quarterly Review of Biology|date=June 1954|volume=29|issue=2|pages=103–137|doi=10.1086/400074|pmid=13177850|jstor=2817654|s2cid=26986186}}</ref> such as [[annual plant]]s (including all grain crops), and certain species of salmon, spider, bamboo and century plant.<ref name=Young>
{{cite journal |last=Young |first=Truman P. |author2=Carol K. Augspurger |year=1991 |title=Ecology and evolution of long-lived semelparous plants |journal=Trends in Ecology and Evolution |volume=6 |pages=285–289 |doi=10.1016/0169-5347(91)90006-J |issue=9 |pmid=21232483|bibcode=1991TEcoE...6..285Y }}</ref> Often, they die shortly after reproduction. This is often associated with [[R/K selection theory|r-strategists]].
* '''Iteroparous organisms''' produce offspring in successive (e.g. annual or seasonal) cycles, such as [[perennial plant]]s. Iteroparous animals survive over multiple seasons (or periodic condition changes). This is more associated with [[R/K selection theory|K-strategists]].