Forest degradation is a global phenomenon and while being an important indicator and
precursor to further forest loss, carbon emissions due to degradation should also be …

Capturing and quantifying the world in three dimensions (x, y, z) using light detection and
ranging (lidar) technology drives fundamental advances in the Earth and Ecological …

Tropical forest loss currently contributes 5 to 15% of anthropogenic carbon emissions to the
atmosphere. The large uncertainty in emissions estimates is a consequence of many factors …

Anthropogenic and natural forest disturbance cause ecological damage and carbon
emissions. Forest disturbance in the Amazon occurs in the form of deforestation (conversion …

Lidar transforms how we map ecosystems, but its prospect for measuring ecosystem
dynamics is limited by practical factors, such as variation in lidar acquisition and lack of …

Forest inventory studies in the Amazon indicate a large terrestrial carbon sink. However,
field plots may fail to represent forest mortality processes at landscape-scales of tropical …

Imagery from medium resolution satellites, such as Landsat, have long been used to map
forest disturbances in the tropics. However, the Landsat spatial resolution (30 m) has often …

Forests display tremendous structural diversity, sha** carbon cycling, microclimates and
terrestrial habitats. An important tool for forest structure assessments are canopy height …

Canopy gaps and the processes that generate them play an integral role in sha** the
structure and dynamics of forests. However, it is only with recent advances in remote …

Natural disturbances are important drivers of forest dynamics, and canopy gaps are their
fingerprints in forest ecosystems. Gaps form and persist because of the interplay of tree …