Successional theories

L Poorter, L Amissah, F Bongers, I Hordijk… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Succession is a fundamental concept in ecology because it indicates how species
populations, communities, and ecosystems change over time on new substrate or after a …

Remote sensing techniques in monitoring post-fire effects and patterns of forest recovery in boreal forest regions: A review

T Chu, X Guo - Remote Sensing, 2013 - mdpi.com
The frequency and severity of forest fires, coupled with changes in spatial and temporal
precipitation and temperature patterns, are likely to severely affect the characteristics of …

Imputation of Individual Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) Tree Attributes from Field and LiDAR Data

CA Silva, AT Hudak, LA Vierling… - Canadian journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) has demonstrated potential for forest
inventory at the individual-tree level. The aim in this study was to predict individual-tree …

Evaluating the potential of airborne hyperspectral LiDAR for assessing forest insects and diseases with 3D Radiative Transfer Modeling

X Zhao, J Qi, H Xu, Z Yu, L Yuan, Y Chen… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurately monitoring forest insects and diseases disturbances is important for managing
forests and implementing effective forest quality improvement measures. However …

Quantification of live aboveground forest biomass dynamics with Landsat time-series and field inventory data: A comparison of empirical modeling approaches

SL Powell, WB Cohen, SP Healey, RE Kennedy… - Remote Sensing of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Spatially and temporally explicit knowledge of biomass dynamics at broad scales is critical
to understanding how forest disturbance and regrowth processes influence carbon …

Forest biomass estimation from airborne LiDAR data using machine learning approaches

CJ Gleason, J Im - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2012 - Elsevier
During the past decade, procedures for forest biomass quantification from light detection and
ranging (LiDAR) data have been improved at a rapid pace. The scope of these methods …

Modeling species distribution and change using random forest

JS Evans, MA Murphy, ZA Holden… - Predictive species and …, 2010 - Springer
Although inference is a critical component in ecological modeling, the balance between
accurate predictions and inference is the ultimate goal in ecological studies (Peters 1991; …

Photon counting LiDAR: An adaptive ground and canopy height retrieval algorithm for ICESat-2 data

SC Popescu, T Zhou, R Nelson… - Remote Sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The upcoming Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission will
offer prospects for map** and monitoring biomass and carbon of terrestrial ecosystems …

Quantifying aboveground forest carbon pools and fluxes from repeat LiDAR surveys

AT Hudak, EK Strand, LA Vierling, JC Byrne… - Remote Sensing of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Sound forest policy and management decisions to mitigate rising atmospheric CO2 depend
upon accurate methodologies to quantify forest carbon pools and fluxes over large tracts of …

Using Landsat-derived disturbance history (1972–2010) to predict current forest structure

D Pflugmacher, WB Cohen, RE Kennedy - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2012 - Elsevier
Lidar is currently the most accurate method for remote estimation of forest structure, but it
has limited spatial and temporal coverage. Conversely, Landsat data are more widely …