Jack Pine Budworm Damage Aerial Surveys in Québec Since 1967

The Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP) of Québec conducts annual aerial surveys of forest damage. This dataset focuses on damage caused by the jack pine budworm insect, with surveys conducted yearly since 1967. Data is updated annually only when damage is observed.

Use Cases

• Modeling the temporal and spatial spread of jack pine budworm outbreaks based on annual aerial survey data.
• Assessing forest health and damage severity trends over time based on long-term observational records.
• Correlating insect damage with environmental or climatic factors based on geospatial survey sectors.
• Supporting forest management and intervention planning based on predicted insect population areas.

Strengths

• Provides a long-term observational record with annual surveys conducted since 1967.
• Data collection is methodologically consistent, using aerial surveys in predetermined sectors.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its collection in Québec.

Provenance

Source

Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP), Government of Québec.

Collection Method

Annual aerial surveys conducted in sectors determined by previous damage and inventory predictions.

Time Range

1967 to present.

Freshness

Updated annually when damage is observed; last metadata update was 2026-04-22.

Geography

Québec, Canada.