How ecologists think about above‐ground forest structure and dynamics is fundamentally
shaped by the data we can collect. This has historically been limited to what is possible with …

Vegetation is a highly dynamic component of the Earth surface and substantially alters the
water cycle. Particularly the process of oxygenic plant photosynthesis determines vegetation …

Functional diversity (FD) provides a link between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning,
summarizing inter-and intra-specific variation of functional traits. However, quantifying plant …

Abstract Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) has been increasingly used in forestry
applications including forest inventory and plant ecology. Tree biophysical properties such …

Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) has emerged as a reference for three-dimensional
measurements of forest structure as well as forest reconstruction and modeling. Ground …

Laser scanning data from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV-LS) offer new opportunities to
estimate forest growing stock volume (V) exclusively based on the UAV-LS data. We …

National forest inventories (NFI) are important for the assessment of the state and
development of forests. Traditional NFIs often rely on statistical sampling approaches as well …

Forest ecosystems fulfill a whole host of ecosystem functions that are essential for life on our
planet. However, an unprecedented level of anthropogenic influences is reducing the …

Abstract Background and Aims Within extending urban areas, trees serve a multitude of
functions (eg carbon storage, suppression of air pollution, mitigation of the 'heat island'effect …

Remote sensing enhances large-scale biodiversity monitoring by overcoming temporal and
spatial limitations of ground-based measurements and allows assessment of multiple plant …