Population ageing and shrinking are demographic phenomena with far-reaching
implications for sustainability in the current context of extensive and rapid urbanization. This …

Anthropogenic stress and disturbance of forest ecosystems (FES) has been increasing at all
scales from local to global. In rapidly changing environments, in-situ terrestrial FES …

Limiting climate warming to< 2° C requires increased mitigation efforts, including land
stewardship, whose potential in the United States is poorly understood. We quantified the …

Accurately quantifying tree and forest structure is important for monitoring and
understanding terrestrial ecosystem functioning in a changing climate. The emergence of …

Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology has become one of the most dominant
acquisition methods for modeling forest attributes, such as very accurate tree structure …

Incorporation of strategic green infrastructure into urban settings has a potential to mitigate
climate change, urban heat island (UHI) effect, flood risk and subsequent increase in quality …

Tree crown volume is a fundamental tree characteristic. It correlates to forest biomass
production and most relevant ecosystem and environmental functions, such as carbon …

Both spatially explicit and spatially non-explicit individual tree crown width models were
developed for Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica …

Many current stand management guidelines propose low initial stand densities and strong
density reductions in order to lower the costs of stand establishment, to accelerate stand …

The potential to capture additional air pollutants by introducing more vegetation or changing
existing short vegetation to woodland on first sight provides an attractive route for lowering …