Model rozwoju ugałęzienia w koronie dojrzałej brzozy brodawkowatej (Betula pendula Roth.)

Answer for the following questions was obtained basing on the empirical material collected on 48 sample trees: (1) from which of the axillary buds on the main shoot the side shoots will grow out, (2) which of the side shoots have the greatest survival chance, and (3) which of the axillary buds will remain dormant. Obtained results enabled, together with so−far published ones, to elaborate model of the development of branching for silver birch. In that way, another step that leads to the determination of the criteria that could be applied in assessment of the damage to the given tree species was realized.