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Abstract ................................................................................................... 98 7.1 Introduction .................................................................................... 98 7.2 Material and Methodology ........................................................... 101 7.3 Results and Discussion ................................................................ 101 7.4 Conclusion ................................................................................... 111 Keywords .............................................................................................. 112 References ............................................................................................. 112

NATALYA V. KAPUSTINA, EKATERINA A. LUGININA, and TATIANA L. EGOSHINA*

Prof. B. M. Zhitkov Russian Research Institute of Game Management and Fur Farming, 79, Preobrazhenskaya St., Kirov, Russia 610000

*Corresponding author. E-mail: etl@inbox.ru

ABSTRACT

The chapter presents the results on phytocoenotic confinement, productivity, and resources of Vaccinium uliginosum L. in taiga regions of Russia. It also marks irregular character of distribution of bilberry fruits relative density within the territory of Russia, and as on fructification fluctuation, blueberry areas decrease, and increase of anthropogenic press. The possibility of Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. cultivation on cutover peatlands in southern taiga zone of Kirov region (Volga-Vyatka region of Russia) is demonstrated. Winter hardness and productivity parameters of the species were defined.