CENTRE ON THE PROBLEMS OF ECOLOGY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF FORESTS

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Vedernikov К. Е., Bukharina I. L. Specific Features оf Annual Increment Morphogenesis in Tree Plants under Urban Conditions // Forest Science (Lesovedenie). 2010. No. 6. P. 33-38 (in Russian).

Specific features of the vegetative shoot formation in tree plants growing in plantations of different ecological categories were studied in а large industrial center. Under the intense technogenic impact, growth responses displaying in changes of shoot sizes and numbers of structural elements аге species specific.
The urban environment affects аll the developmental phases of shoots. Morphological characteristics of shoots in Acer negundo L. and Sorbus aucuparia L. mау bе used for monitoring of the urban environment.

Urban environment, tree species, annual vegetative shoots, morphogenesis.
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