The inequality of tree sizes in a forest is an important factor affecting its structure and ecology. Forest management practices favoring natural regeneration can result in greater heterogeneity and ...

Existing algorithms can partially reconstruct the shape of a single tree from a clean point-cloud dataset acquired by laser-scanning technologies. Doing the same with forest data has proven far more ...

Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions of laser pulses into a dense ...

As light detection and ranging (lidar) technology evolves, forest ecology and ecological restoration researchers have been using these tools in a wide range of applications. "We needed an accounting ...

Mangrove forests attempt to maintain their forest floor elevation through root growth, sedimentation, resistance to soil compaction, and peat development in response to sea level rise. Human ...

Archaelogists working with Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have identified ancient Maya settlements in the vicinity of Calakmul, a historic site in the state of Campeche ...

Lidar technology is the remote sensing tech that allows self-driving cars to perceive their surroundings. Working in a similar way to radar and sonar, but using light waves rather than radio or sound, ...

As light detection and ranging (lidar) technology evolves, forest ecology and ecological restoration researchers have been using these tools in a wide range of applications. As light detection and ...