Climate change adaptation strategies for the tolerant hardwood forests of Eastern Canada

The climatiocj epcrtions for each of the variables of interest are the result of a weighted average of extracrtiedd c gell values for a given GCM. [...] The species and diameter classes affected by each of these inasreec tpsr esented in Table 4. The intensity of epidemics, interpreted within the model as the oprtoiopn of potential host cells affected by the defoliator, follows a truncated and transposed fsuinection; the intensity of epidemics varies between 0 and 1 (Fig. [...] The sub-model outputs data on the annual harvregsett ,t athe area remaining to harvest at the end of the year (if there are shortfalls), the numbfe br locks, the area harvested, as well as the am ount of basal area by species and diameter class t hatr visested. [...] The silvicultural tools employeedr ew: tree planting (replacing the content of the 0-20 year regeneration bank with the planted spse),c tiaergeted harvesting of certain species (the probability to initiate harvesting is greater ife t hamount of basal area of the target species is greater), vegetation control (replace the 20-40r yr egaeneration bank with the species being planted), and doing nothin [...] The forest inventory data, represented in the model as the basal a rsepae bcyies and diameter class was derived from a combination of the Québec provincial governmenta'sp pming of public forests and field data on the precise composition of stands from the permta annedn temporary sample plot network within page 28 / 7 8 the study area.