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The phenomenon of trunk twisting in Pinus sylvestris L. and Picea obovata Ldb. during a vegetation period has been revealed and described by direct measurements. The frequency of this phenomenon, magnitude, and direction of twists and their 2-year dynamics have been studied on five sample plots located in different forest-growing conditions. The average rotation angle is 0.2°–0.5°, while its maximum values reach 1.3°–1.7°. These characteristics depend on forest type and weather conditions. Next year more, than half of the trees change their twisting direction to the opposite one, whereas 8–19% of pine trees keep it unchanged. Based on an analysis of our results and the data of other authors, a qualitative model of morphogenetic processes has been proposed to explain the mechanism of this phenomenon.
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Original Russian Text © S.A. Shavnin, I.S. Ovchinnikov, D.Yu. Golikov, A.A. Montile, V.A. Galako, V.E. Vlasenko, 2018, published in Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal, 2018, No. 1, pp. 89–97.
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Shavnin, S.A., Ovchinnikov, I.S., Golikov, D.Y. et al. Phenomenon of Trunk Twist during the Growth of Woody Plants (Using the Example of Pinus sylvestris L. and Picea obovata Ldb.). Contemp. Probl. Ecol. 11, 72–78 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425518010122
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