VARIABILITY OF THE ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION OF NEEDLES PINUS SYLVESTRIS (L.) UNDER ANTHROPOGENIC LOAD IN THE TERRITORY OF MINSK

Abstract

The woodlands of the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) are quite widely represented in Minsk, which, along with European white birch (Betula pendula Roth.), belongs to sensitive indicators of the quality of the environment. The purpose of our research was to study changes in the elemental composition of needles under conditions of anthropogenic impact with different intensity of motor transport and industrial impact.