Development of Forest Population Biology and Biogeocenology in the Urals

Abstract

The priority directions, concepts, approaches, methods and results of half a century investigations of forest genetics, ecology, geography and biogeocenology in the Ural school of population biology of woody plants are briefly discussed. The results of quantitative genetic-ecologic-geographical studies of the forests based on population approaches as well as main theoretic generalizations are presented, to assist possible interpretation and development of future investigations.

Keywords

• forest population biology
• population
• coniferous
• biogeocenosis
• microecosystem
• genetics
• microevolution
• ecology
• geography
• Urals