[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 …

A comprehensive overview of technologies for species and habitat monitoring and conservation

JJ Lahoz-Monfort, MJL Magrath - BioScience, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The range of technologies currently used in biodiversity conservation is staggering, with
innovative uses often adopted from other disciplines and being trialed in the field. We …

NASA's Black Marble nighttime lights product suite

MO Román, Z Wang, Q Sun, V Kalb, SD Miller… - Remote Sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
NASA's Black Marble nighttime lights product suite (VNP46) is available at 500 m resolution
since January 2012 with data from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) …

Weighing trees with lasers: advances, challenges and opportunities

MI Disney, M Boni Vicari, A Burt, K Calders… - Interface …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is providing exciting new ways to quantify tree and forest
structure, particularly above-ground biomass (AGB). We show how TLS can address some …

Quantifying vegetation and canopy structural complexity from terrestrial LiDAR data using the forestr r package

JW Atkins, G Bohrer, RT Fahey… - Methods in Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Terrestrial Li DAR (light detection and ranging) technologies have created new means of
quantifying forest canopy structure, allowing not only the estimation of biomass, but also …

[PDF][PDF] Aboveground woody biomass product validation good practices protocol

L Duncanson, J Armston, M Disney, V Avitabile… - 2021 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
Remote sensing (RS) studies aiming at mapping forest biomass typically rely on ground-
based estimates of biomass for calibration or validation. Whatever the biophysical variable …

Examination of the potential of terrestrial laser scanning and structure-from-motion photogrammetry for rapid nondestructive field measurement of grass biomass

SD Cooper, DP Roy, CB Schaaf, I Paynter - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
Above ground biomass (AGB) is a parameter commonly used for assessment of grassland
systems. Destructive AGB measurements, although accurate, are time consuming and are …

Compatibility of aerial and terrestrial LiDAR for quantifying forest structural diversity

EA LaRue, FW Wagner, S Fei, JW Atkins, RT Fahey… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Structural diversity is a key feature of forest ecosystems that influences ecosystem functions
from local to macroscales. The ability to measure structural diversity in forests with varying …

Innovations in ground and airborne technologies as reference and for training and validation: terrestrial laser scanning (TLS)

M Disney, A Burt, K Calders, C Schaaf, A Stovall - Surveys in Geophysics, 2019 - Springer
The use of terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) to provide accurate estimates of 3D forest canopy
structure and above-ground biomass (AGB) has developed rapidly. Here, we provide an …

Flying high: Sampling savanna vegetation with UAV‐lidar

PB Boucher, EG Hockridge, J Singh… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The flexibility of UAV‐lidar remote sensing offers a myriad of new opportunities for savanna
ecology, enabling researchers to measure vegetation structure at a variety of temporal and …