ANALYSIS OF INTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE FOROPHYTE – ENDOEPIPHYTE MEROCONSORTIUM BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE “Quercus robur L., OAK STAND - PATHOGENIC POLYPORACEAE OAK-GROWING COMMUNITY” BIOSYSTEM
ALEXANDR V. DUNAEV
Belgorod State University, 85, Pobedy St., Belgorod, 308015, Russia.
VALERIY K. TOKHTAR
Belgorod State University, 85, Pobedy St., Belgorod, 308015, Russia.
ELENA N. DUNAEVA
Belgorod State University, 85, Pobedy St., Belgorod, 308015, Russia.
ALINA S. KOROTKIKH
Belgorod State University, 85, Pobedy St., Belgorod, 308015, Russia.
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Abstract
The objects of research were Quercus robur L. oak stands with their meroconsortia - communities of oak-growing pathogenic fungi Polyporaceae. The studies were conducted in 2011−2018 in the oak forests of the southwest of the Central Russian Upland. The “oak tree stands - a pathogenic Polyporaceae oak-growing community” biosystem can be considered as an example of the “phorophyte – endoepiphyte” cenopopulation meroconsortium. The subsystem of endoepiphyte-meroconsortium is a reflection of the subsystem of phorophyte and can be considered as an independent system if phorophyte is treated as the main environmental factor.
Keywords: Meroconsortium, phorophyte, endoepiphyte, pedunculate oak Quercus robur L., community of pathogenic Polyporaceae on oak.