Interface Focus Theme Issue: The Terrestrial Laser Scanning Revolution in Forest Ecology

  • Organized by Mark Danson, Mathias Disney, Rachel Gaulton, and Crystal Schaaf.
  • Volume 8, Issue 2, February, 2018

Introduction

Danson, F., Disney, M., Gaulton, R., Schaaf, C., and Strahler, A. (2018). The terrestrial laser scanning revolution in forest ecology. Interface Focus, vol. 8, no. 2.  DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2018.0001.

Research and Review Articles

Åkerblom, A., Raumonen, P., Casella, E., Disney, M., Danson, M., Gaulton, R., Schofield, L., and Kaasalainen, M. (2018). Non-intersecting leaf insertion algorithm for tree structure models. Interface Focus, vol. 8, no. 2. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2017.0045.

Danson, M., Sasse, F., and Schofield, L. (2018). Spectral and spatial information from a novel dual-wavelength full-waveform terrestrial laser scanner for forest ecology. Interface Focus, vol. 8, no. 2. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2017.0049.

Disney, M., Boni Vicari, M., Burt, A., Calders, K., Lewis, S., Raumonen, P., and Wilkes, P. (2018). Weighing trees with lasers: Advances, challenges and opportunities. Interface Focus, vol. 8, no. 2. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2017.0048.

Elsherif, A., Gaulton, R., and Mills, J. (2018). Estimation of vegetation water content at leaf and canopy level using dual-wavelength commercial terrestrial laser scanners. Interface Focus, vol. 8, no. 2. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2017.0041.

Kaasalainen, S., Åkerblom, M., Nevalainen, O., Hakala, T., and Kaasalainen, M. (2018). Uncertainty in multispectral lidar signals caused by incidence angle effects. Interface Focus, vol. 8, no. 2. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2017.0033.

Li, Z., Schaefer, M., Strahler, A., Schaaf, C., and Jupp, D. (2018). On the utilization of novel spectral laser scanning for three-dimensional classification of vegetation elements. Interface Focus, vol. 8, no. 2. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2017.0039.

Malhi, Y., Jackson, T., Bentley, L., Lau, A., Shenkin, A., Herold, M., Calders, K., Bartholomeus, H., and Disney, M. (2018). New perspectives on the ecology of tree structure and tree communities through terrestrial laser scanning. Interface Focus, vol. 8, no. 2. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2017.0052.

Morsdorf, F., Kükenbrink, D., Schneider, F., Abegg, M., and Schaepman, M. (2018). Close-range laser scanning in forests: Towards physically based semantics across scales. Interface Focus, vol. 8, no. 2. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2017.0046.

Orwig, D., Boucher, P., Paynter, I., Saenz, E., Li, Z., and Schaaf, C. (2018). The potential to characterize ecological data with terrestrial laser scanning in Harvard Forest, MA. Interface Focus, vol. 8, no. 2. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2017.0044.

Paynter, I., Genest, D., Peri, F., and Schaaf, C. (2018). Bounding uncertainty in volumetric geometric models for terrestrial lidar observations of ecosystems. Interface Focus, vol. 8, no. 2. DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2017.0043.

Roşca, S., Suomalainen, J., Bartholomeus, H., and Herold, M. (2018). Comparing terrestrial laser scanning and unmanned aerial vehicle structure from motion to assess top of canopy structure in tropical forests. Interface Focus, vol. 8, no. 2.  DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2017.0038.