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DOI: https://doi.org/10.47928/1726-9946-2025-25-4-70-80
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ECOLOGY
| UDC 632.51; 581.9 | Original Article |
Studies of Ambrosia L. species
in the Central and Eastern Caucasus, and Transcaucasia
Shkhagapsoev Safarbi Khasanbievich
doctor of biology, deputy of the Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, leading researcher, Laboratory of Geobotanical Research of the Institute of ecology of mountainous territories named after A. K. Tembotov of the Russian Academy of Sciences, academician of REA, full member of IAAS, Honored Scientist of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, (Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7815-1605, shagapsoevsafarbi@gmail.com
Zherukova Sabrina Zaurovna
postgraduate student at the Institute of mathematics and natural sciences, Kabardino-Balkarian state university named after H. M. Berbekova (360051, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Nalchik, Chernyshevsky St., 173), sabrina.zherukova@mail.ru
Shkhagapsoeva Karina Aslanovna
member of the medical faculty, Kabardino-Balkarian state university named after H. M. Berbekov (Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic)
Abstract. Three North American quarantine species of ragweed, namely Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., A. trifida L., and A. psilostachya DC, were found in the Central and Eastern Caucasus and Transcaucasia. Since their appearance in the ecoregion, these species have come under the close attention of researchers. However, information on various aspects of their growth in natural and anthropogenic ecosystems is fragmentary and scattered. Studies of Ambrosia artemisiifolia and A. trifida were mainly limited to assessing the general distribution of the species and the degree of their harmfulness in the agrocenoses. Some studies provided information on the aspects of the species ecobiology. Data on Ambrosia psilostachya are limited to isolated data on typical habitats and species finds. A current area of research on Ambrosia species in the central and eastern parts of the Greater Caucasus and Transcaucasia is the study of the structural and functional parameters of populations, which makes it possible to identify the species adaptations, including in mountain habitats.
Keywords: Ambrosia, Eastern and Central Caucasus, Transcaucasia, study, research directions.
Funding. The work was not carried out within the framework of funds.
Competing interests. There are no conflicts of interest regarding authorship and publication.
Contribution and Responsibility. All authors contributed to this article. Authors are solely responsible for providing the final version of the article in print. The final version of the manuscript was approved by all authors.
For citation. Shkhagapsoev S. Kh., Zherukova S. Z., Shkhagapsoeva K. A. Studies of Ambrosia L. species in the Central and Eastern Caucasus, and Transcaucasia. Adyghe Int. Sci. J. 2025. Vol. 25, No. 4. Pp. 70–80. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47928/1726-9946-2025-25-4-70-80; EDN: LODDYZ
Submitted 12.09.2025; approved after reviewing 25.10.2025; accepted for publication 27.10.2025.
© Shkhagapsoev S. Kh.,
Zherukova S. Z.,
Shkhagapsoeva K.A., 2025
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