[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 …

Recent advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles forest remote sensing—A systematic review. Part II: Research applications

R Dainelli, P Toscano, SF Di Gennaro, A Matese - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Forest sustainable management aims to maintain the income of woody goods for
companies, together with preserving non-productive functions as a benefit for the …

Development and performance evaluation of a very low-cost UAV-LiDAR system for forestry applications

T Hu, X Sun, Y Su, H Guan, Q Sun, M Kelly, Q Guo - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Accurate and repeated forest inventory data are critical to understand forest ecosystem
processes and manage forest resources. In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) …

Comparison of backpack, handheld, under-canopy UAV, and above-canopy UAV laser scanning for field reference data collection in boreal forests

E Hyyppä, X Yu, H Kaartinen, T Hakala, A Kukko… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this work, we compared six emerging mobile laser scanning (MLS) technologies for field
reference data collection at the individual tree level in boreal forest conditions. The systems …

[HTML][HTML] Under-canopy UAV laser scanning for accurate forest field measurements

E Hyyppä, J Hyyppä, T Hakala, A Kukko… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Surveying and robotic technologies are converging, offering great potential for robotic-
assisted data collection and support for labour intensive surveying activities. From a forest …

Lidar boosts 3D ecological observations and modelings: A review and perspective

Q Guo, Y Su, T Hu, H Guan, S **… - … and Remote Sensing …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The advent of lidar has revolutionized the way we observe and measure vegetation structure
from the ground and from above and represents a major advance toward the quantification …

[HTML][HTML] Is field-measured tree height as reliable as believed–Part II, A comparison study of tree height estimates from conventional field measurement and low-cost …

L Jurjević, X Liang, M Gašparović, I Balenović - ISPRS Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tree height is one of the most important tree attributes in forest inventory. However, using
conventional field methods to measure tree height is a laborious and time-consuming …

Recent advances in unmanned aerial vehicle forest remote sensing—A systematic review. Part I: A general framework

R Dainelli, P Toscano, SF Di Gennaro, A Matese - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Natural, semi-natural, and planted forests are a key asset worldwide, providing a broad
range of positive externalities. For sustainable forest planning and management, remote …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Accurate derivation of stem curve and volume using backpack mobile laser scanning

E Hyyppä, A Kukko, R Kaijaluoto, JC White… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Forest inventories rely on field plots, the measurement of which is costly and time consuming
by manual means. Thus, there is a need to automate plot-level field data collection. Mobile …