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 …

Anthropogenic stress and disturbance of forest ecosystems (FES) has been increasing at all
scales from local to global. In rapidly changing environments, in-situ terrestrial FES …

Aim Vegetation structure is a key determinant of animal diversity and species distributions.
The introduction of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) has enabled the collection of …

Global biodiversity is threatened by unprecedented and increasing anthropogenic
pressures, including habitat loss and fragmentation. LiDAR can become a decisive …

Three-dimensional structure of vegetation plays a key role in animal ecology and the arrival
of LiDAR technologies has given ecologists the ability to understand species-habitat …

For wildlife inhabiting snowy environments, snow properties such as onset date, depth,
strength, and distribution can influence many aspects of ecology, including movement …

Context Wild ungulates and livestock modify a large range of vegetation patterns and
processes at the landscape scale. However, we still lack studies that address how changes …

There is a strong link between vegetation heterogeneity and biodiversity in grassland
ecosystems. However, quantifying spatial patterns of key metrics, such as aboveground …

Biodiversity studies could strongly benefit from three-dimensional data on ecosystem
structure derived from contemporary remote sensing technologies, such as light detection …

Rapid climate change has been driving changes in Arctic vegetation in recent decades, with
increased shrub dominance in many tundra ecosystems. Dendroecological observations of …