| Environmental pollution is becoming a selective force in the evolution of forest trees. In this paper, the specific effects of environmental pollution on the major causes of evolution, namely genetic drift, gene migration, mutations and natural selection, are being addressed. Discussion examines the conceptual consequences and detectable outcomes of environmental pollution on evolutionary forces. Pollution effects on the dynamics of forest tree populations and on the evolutionary genetics of forest trees are presented in the frame of the distinct reproductive biology and genetic structure of conifers and perennial woody angiosperms. Some particular theoretical aspects along with pertinent examples from already published research are examined, too. |
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