SISIR (version 0.2.3)

truffles: Dataset "Truffles"

Description

Yearly truffles production and corresponding monthly rainfall information of the Perigord black truffle in the Vaucluse (France) between 1924 and 1949.

Format

3 datasets are provided:

• rainfall: a data frame with 15 columns (months from January Year n to March Year n+1) and 25 rows (production years from 1924/1925 to 1948/1949). Data correspond to cumulated rainfall in mm;

• truffles: a vector with 25 values corresponding to the total production (in kg) of truffles in the truffle patch of T. melanosporum de Pernes-Les-Fontaines (Vaucluse, France);

• beta: 0/1 vector with 15 values indicated the months during which the rainfall has the most important influence on the truffle production, as provided by experts.

Details

This dataset has been made available by courtesy of the authors of the publication [Baragatti et al., 2019]. Meteorological data have been provided by Meteo France https://meteofrance.com (Orange meteorological station) and truffle production data are courtesy of the truffle patch.

References

Baragatti M., Grollemund P.M., Montpied P., Dupouey J.L., Gravier J., Murat C., Le Tacon F. (2019) Influence of annual climatic variations, climate changes, and sociological factors on the production of the Perigord black truffle (Tuber melanosporum Vittad.) from 1903-1904 to 1988-1989 in the Vaucluse (France), Mycorrhiza, 29(2), 113-125.

Examples

data(truffles)
summary(truffles)
plot(1:15, rainfall[1, ], type = "l", xlab = "month", ylab = "rainfall (mm)")