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 …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or remotely piloted aircraft systems are new platforms that
have been increasingly used over the last decade in Europe to collect data for forest …

Allometric equations are currently used to estimate above‐ground biomass (AGB) based on
the indirect relationship with tree parameters. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) can measure …

Three-dimensional (3-D) urban models are an integral part of numerous applications, such
as urban planning and performance simulation, map** and visualization, emergency …

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 …

An open source tool named SimpleTree, capable of modelling highly accurate cylindrical
tree models from terrestrial laser scan point clouds, is presented and evaluated. All …

Rhododendron delavayi Franch. is globally famous as an ornamental plant. Its distribution in
southwest China covers several different habitats and environments. However, not much …

Leaf‐wood separation in terrestrial LiDAR data is a prerequisite for non‐destructively
estimating biophysical forest properties such as standing wood volumes and leaf area …

Key message A method using terrestrial laser scanning and 3D quantitative structure
models opens up new possibilities to reconstruct tree architecture from tropical rainforest …

Calibration of local, regional or global allometric equations to estimate biomass at the tree
level constitutes a significant burden on projects aiming at reducing Carbon emissions from …