LiDAR: Providing structure
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Abstract
Since the days of MacArthur, three-dimensional (3-D) structural information on the environment has fundamentally transformed scientific understanding of ecological phenomena (MacArthur and MacArthur 1961). Early data on ecosystem structure were painstakingly laborious to collect. However, as reviewed and reported in recent volumes of Frontiers(eg Vierling et al. 2008; Asner et al.2011), advances in light detection and ranging (LiDAR) remote-sensing technology provide quantitative and repeatable measurements of 3-D ecosystem structure that enable novel ecological insights at scales ranging from the plot, to the landscape, to the globe. Indeed, annual publication of studies using LiDAR to interpret ecological phenomena increased 17-fold during the past decade, with over 180 new studies appearing in 2010 (ISI Web of Science search conducted on 23 Mar 2011: [{lidar AND ecol*} OR {lidar AND fores*} OR {lidar AND plant*}]).
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | LiDAR: Providing structure |
| Series title | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment |
| DOI | 10.1890/11.WB.009 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Ecological Society of America |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Description | 2 p. |
| First page | 261 |
| Last page | 262 |
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