Uncertainty in detecting climate change impact on the projected yield of black spruce (Picea mariana)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 730-738

  Coulombe, Sébastien ^a   Bernier, Pierre Y ^b   Raulier, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Error propagation; Timber supply modelling

Indexed keywords

BLACK SPRUCE; BOOTSTRAP RESAMPLING; BOREAL FORESTS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CORRECTION FACTORS; DOMINANT SPECIES; ERROR PROPAGATION; FUTURE CLIMATE; GROWTH AND YIELD; GROWTH CONDITIONS; MODEL ERRORS; MODELLING ERROR; PICEA MARIANA; SAMPLING ERRORS; STUDY AREAS; TIMBER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE MODELS; ERRORS; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; TIMBER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; YIELD RESPONSE;

ERRORS; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; FORESTS;

CANADA;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 73449122230     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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