Modelling the effect of climate on maple syrup production in Québec, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2683-2689

  Duchesne, Louis ^a   Houle, Daniel ^a,b   Côté, Marc André ^c   Logan, Travis ^b  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b Consortium sur la climatologie regionale et ladaptation aux changements climatiques ^*  (Canada)

^c Union des producteurs agricoles du Québec ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate scenarios; Climatic changes and agriculture; Maple syrup production; Predictive model; Sugar maple

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CLIMATIC CHANGES AND AGRICULTURE; MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCTION; PREDICTIVE MODEL; SUGAR MAPLE;

AGRICULTURE; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY ENGINEERING; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPLOITATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRODUCTIVITY; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 70449084688     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.09.035     Document Type: Article

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