[HTML][HTML] Terrestrial laser scanning in forest ecology: Expanding the horizon

K Calders, J Adams, J Armston, H Bartholomeus… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) was introduced for basic forest measurements, such as tree
height and diameter, in the early 2000s. Recent advances in sensor and algorithm …

Close-Range Remote Sensing of Forests: The state of the art, challenges, and opportunities for systems and data acquisitions

X Liang, A Kukko, I Balenović… - … and remote sensing …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Remote sensing-based forest investigation and monitoring have become more affordable
and applicable in the past few decades. The current bottleneck limiting practical use of the …

Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees

J Chave, M Réjou‐Méchain, A Búrquez… - Global change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial carbon stock map** is important for the successful implementation of climate
change mitigation policies. Its accuracy depends on the availability of reliable allometric …

[HTML][HTML] The global forest above-ground biomass pool for 2010 estimated from high-resolution satellite observations

M Santoro, O Cartus, N Carvalhais… - Earth System …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
The terrestrial forest carbon pool is poorly quantified, in particular in regions with low forest
inventory capacity. By combining multiple satellite observations of synthetic aperture radar …

Allometric equations for integrating remote sensing imagery into forest monitoring programmes

T Jucker, J Caspersen, J Chave, C Antin… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Remote sensing is revolutionizing the way we study forests, and recent technological
advances mean we are now able–for the first time–to identify and measure the crown …

[BOOK][B] Tree and forest measurement

PW West, PW West - 2009 - Springer
Traditionally, forest measurement textbooks have been concerned primarily with
determination of the amounts of the principal commercial product of forests, wood. This was …

Estimation of above‐ground biomass of large tropical trees with terrestrial LiDAR

J Gonzalez de Tanago, A Lau… - Methods in Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forest biomass is a crucial component of global carbon emission estimations.
However, calibration and validation of such estimates require accurate and effective …

Joint effects of climate, tree size, and year on annual tree growth derived from tree‐ring records of ten globally distributed forests

KJ Anderson‐Teixeira, V Herrmann… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tree rings provide an invaluable long‐term record for understanding how climate and other
drivers shape tree growth and forest productivity. However, conventional tree‐ring analysis …

The shape of trees: Reimagining forest ecology in three dimensions with remote sensing

ER Lines, FJ Fischer, HJF Owen, T Jucker - Journal of Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Lidar detection of individual tree size in tropical forests

A Ferraz, S Saatchi, C Mallet, V Meyer - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Characterization of tropical forest trees has been limited to field-based techniques
focused on measurement of diameter of the cylindrical part of the bole, with large uncertainty …