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The study evaluated photosynthetic capacity and health of Sorbus sibirica trees growing at road intersections with heavy traffic. In the exhaust-exposed trees, photosynthetic capacity was inhibited and health was deteriorated.
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Original Russian Text © E.Yu. Kolmogorova, V.A. Kaidorina, 2011, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2011, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 427–430.
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Kolmogorova, E.Y., Kaidorina, V.A. Morphophysiological evaluation of Sorbus sibirica Hedl. exposed to vehicle exhausts. Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 4, 319–321 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425511030118
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